THE ORDONEZ GUN MEMORIAL CANNON
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Listing Details
Location: PERSHING SQUARE-MORGAN AVENUE AND GRAHAM STREET
City: SAN FRANCISCO
State: California
Zip Code: 94123
Type of Memorial: Cannon War Memorials with Plaques
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION
Photograph By: SYD WHITTLE
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
IN SEPTEMBER 1899, A COMBINED U.S. ARMY-NAVY FORCE ATTACKED THE FILIPINO POSITIONS AT SUBIC BAY. THIS GUN WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY SHELLFIRE FROM THE AMERICAN CRUISER USS CHARLESTON. THIS ORDONEZ GUN HAS BEEN PRESERVED IN ITS BATTLE DAMAGED STATE AS A REMINDER OF THE U.S. ARMY SOLDIERS WHO PASSED THROUGH THE PRESIDO DURING THE CONFLICT IN THE PHILIPPINES.
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