Friday, October 19, 2012
Springfield landmark celebrates sesquicentennial of the Civil War battle of Antietam, the single bloodiest day in American history.
Springfield’s Historic Cannon Ball House, located at 126 Morris Ave., will again be part of Union County’s Four Centuries in a Weekend on Oct. 20 and Oct. 21. This year is the sesquicentennial of the Civil War battle of Antietam, the single bloodiest day in American history. Fought on Sept. 17, 1862 this battle saw approximately 23,000 men killed or wounded from both the Union and the Confederacy. Among those mortally wounded was Captain Edward Wade, a resident of Millburn, then Springfield. In memory of Captain Wade, the Cannon Ball House will have a Civil War theme. On exhibit will be various belongings of Captain Wade, including his ceremonial sword, which will be on display at the house for the first time this year. An authentic …
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Event memorializing anniversary of Battle of Springfield drew visitors from across the globe.
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Saturday, June 30, 2012
This past weekend the Springfield Historical Society had a successful open house to commemorate the 132ndanniversary of the Battle of Springfield on June 23. Approximately forty members of the public visited the Cannon Ball House on Saturday. Among them were numerous residents of Springfield, as well as visitors who came from further afield, such as Johannesburg, South Africa. The house and its exhibits were also seen on private tours last week by a chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and a Daisy Girl Scout troop. The highlight of the open house was the special wedding exhibit. When the Springfield Historical Society initially came up with the idea for this exhibit, it consisted of just one outfit, the 1920’s wedding …
Friday, February 17, 2012
Springfield's Historic treasure will offer special Presidential displays.
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Friday, February 17, 2012
Springfield’s Historic Cannon Ball House, located at 126 Morris Ave., will be hailing the handwriting of the chiefs this weekend. In honor of Presidents' Day Weekend, the museum will display the handwriting specimens from two presidents, George Washington and Herbert Hoover. From 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., the public can inspect the writing of the Presidents as well as the historical artifacts regularly on display at the museum. The correspondence written by Washington was written in Springfield during the Revolutionary War. While the Washington letter is displayed annually, this is the first time in five years the Hoover letter shall be on exhibit. Visitors are also encouraged to inspect the letters documenting the Civil War adventures of …
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
A look at Springfield's most historic home.
The Cannonball House dates back to the eighteenth century, and was most likely built around 1760. It originally sat on a large piece of property that stretched back as far as the Home Depot store on Springfield Avenue and Valley Street. Springfield was strategically important during the Revolutionary War, so much so that a pitched battle, involving thousands of combatants, was fought in June 1780. During the fight, the town was essentially burned to the ground with only four houses spared. Of those, one was demolished in the 1970s, and two others, the Sayre house and the Swaim house are in private hands. Springfield's Cannonball House is only one that has been open to the public. The Cannonball House is so named because during the …
Margaret Bandrowski
11:32 am on Thursday, July 5, 2012
Actually, I did not write this story - it was written by Ryan Olsen, who also was one of the curators of the exhibit - and did an excellent job, along with Linda Jurczyk, in putting it together, complete with music. more ›