Maine

SPANISH BRONZE CANNON

CAST AT SEVILLE, FEBRUARY 9, 1787

DISMOUNTED ROM FORT TORO, GUANTANAMO BAY CUBA,

IN BOMBARDMENT BY

U.S. NAVY, JUNE 1ST, 1898

RECOVERED JUNE 7TH 1899, BY LIEUT. COMMANDER FRANK F. FLETCHER

COMMANDING U.S.S. EAGLE, AND PRESENTED TO
HON. CHARLES A. BOUTELLE
CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

BY WHOM IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF BANGOR, OCTOBER 16, 1899
THROUGH HON. ARTHUR CHAPIN, MAYOR