The cannon at Greeley Park is a German Howitzer (Krupp Gun) manufactured in 1917. The gun was captured by US forces at the ST. Mihiel Offensive September 12, 1918
The Gun was dedicated and presented to the City of Nashua on November 1, 1933 by the Armistice Day Committee. James Coffey Posy #3 American Legion and VFW post # 483. The gun is a rare remaining example of a Krupp Gun; most of the captured guns were lost during the scrap drives of WWII.
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