WILLIAMSPORT, Md. (AP) — If Scott Bragunier has his way, cannon
tubes that sat for more than a century on Doubleday Hill, a spot
in Riverview Cemetery named for Union Gen. Abner Doubleday, will
be returned to the same spot by spring. The cannon tubes — the
barrels of a cannon — were procured for the town in 1896 to
honor local men who fought and died in the Civil War. They were
dedicated on Doubleday Hill on July 4, 1897, said Bragunier, a
Williamsport native and local firefighter who has spent a lot of
time studying local Civil War history. "There was a parade, and
there was a big to-do in town for it," Bragunier said. Three
brick supports were built for the cannon tubes, and for more
than 100 years, they served as a popular remembrance of the
Civil War and the Williamsport men who died in it. "As a child,
I went to Doubleday Hill and played on the cannons. I sat on top
of them and pretended I fired them. My dad and mom did the same
thing," Bragunier said. The spot chosen for the tubes related to
Doubleday's