Over the past few years the staff at Mackinac State Historic Parks has diligently been adding reproductions of Michilimackinac’s artillery throughout the site to provide visitors an accurate representation of what the site looked like in the 1770s.
There is another 18th century weapon that gets fired occasionally, and it’s an interesting cross between a cannon and a musket. Let’s take a look at our wall gun.
Just over 200 years ago, Lieutenant Porter Hanks of the U.S. Regiment of Artillery awoke to a particularly unpleasant surprise. As July 17, 1812 dawned, Hanks learned that not only
An annual highlight of the late 18th century, King George III’s birthday on June 4 gave British residents of Michilimackinac, and throughout the British Empire, an opportunity to celebrate in style.
On January 18, 1780, a barrage of artillery fire rolled across the frozen Straits of Mackinac. The guns of Michilimackinac boomed as artillerymen loaded and fired 12 pounds of gunpowder.
Artillery always played a vital role at Fort Mackinac. From the tense years of the American Revolution and War of 1812 to the far more peaceful era of Mackinac National Park, artillery shaped the daily lives of every soldier who served at the post.
