COATESVILLE, Pa. — When Jeff Stafford was 8, he was infatuated with “things that go bang.” One day, in his father’s auto body shop, he fashioned a toy cannon from a small piece of pipe and some scrap ...

While cleaning out a safe at the Sunbury Steam Fire Engine Company No. 1 last year, Company President Wes Stephens discovered ...

Artillery has been called “the god of war” for good reason. From the thunder of cannons in the Great War to the deep, rolling booms of Cold War behemoths, these weapons have shaped history one ...

Of all the forgotten tales brought back to life in this column, this one may be the most obscure of all. You’ll have to dig deep into the history books to find it. Though forgotten today, it played a ...

There are military artifacts with stories behind them across the state, but few are as famous as the two Civil War-era cannons that, until 2023, when they were "temporarily" relocated, could be seen ...

Researchers at Texas A&M University are preserving a piece of Texas history. According to the university, researchers at the Conservation Research Laboratory are working to preserve and restore a ...