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Vandals damage 4 cannons at SW Missouri Civil War Park

REPUBLIC, Mo. (AP) — Vandals did at least $4,000 damage to four cannons at the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield in southwest Missouri.

Park Superintendent Ted Hillmer says the vandalism to four of 10 cannons was discovered Monday. The cannons were reproductions of weapons used during the Civil War battle near Republic....
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