News/From Greg Wischer at the United States Departmen…
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From Greg Wischer at the United States Department of the Interior: “After 6 long years, the original cannons that previously surrounded the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park but were damaged in the 2020 riots have been returned to their rightful location around the statue.The four cannons—El Witiza, El Egica, El Apolo, and El Aristeo—were captured by Andrew Jackson from the Spanish in his Pensacola Campaign in 1818. El Witiza and El Egica had been cast at the royal foundry in Barcelona in
From Greg Wischer at the United States Department of the Interior: “After 6 long years, the original cannons that previously surrounded the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park but were damaged in the 2020 riots have been returned to their rightful location around the statue.The four cannons—El Witiza, El Egica, El Apolo, and El Aristeo—were captured by Andrew Jackson from the Spanish in his Pensacola Campaign in 1818. El Witiza and El Egica had been cast at the royal foundry in Barcelona in
