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Cannonball discovery in Russel showcases rich history offered in region (Editorial)
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When Westfield Technical Academy student Zackary Cernak found an iron ball, corroded and cracked, in the woods in Russell, determining what it was left an impression related to the rich history and heritage of our region. Was
it a cannonball from the revolutionary war? Perhaps it could be an older cannonball dated back to the French and Indian War? Was it a part used for industrial grinding?
Robert Allison, a history professor from Suffolk University, said the object looks like a Revolutionary War-era cannonball that sits on his desk that was dug up from a site in South Boston. “We are finding things all the time,” Allison said. “The question is where did it come from?”
SPRINGFIELD Their new book is called the “History of the Springfield Cemetery,” but editors Wayne E. Phaneuf and Joseph Carvalho III say it is about much more than that. “It’s more than just about the cemetery, because it’s really about the history of the city,” says Phaneuf. “It’s the history of the country.” Phaneuf, retired executive editor of The Republican, and Carvalho, retired .
Littlejohn to be guest speaker at special Quinn church service
STEUBENVILLE Quinn Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church, 515 N. Fifth St., will wrap up its observance of Black History Month on Sunday with Jonathan Littlejohn as the finale in a series of special speakers for the church’s 11 a.m. Livestream Online or Zoom service.
A graduate of Steubenville High School, Littlejohn is the son of Vickie Littlejohn, a retired educator, and Edward Sr., a real estate developer. As Jonathan learned the business ethics of his family, he always wanted to become a businessman and open his own business, a church committee member explained.
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