~ Harbor Springs MI ~
Zorn Park
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection
Old Postcard ~ Zorn Park Harbor Springs MI
Zorn Park Harbor Springs MI
Zorn Park Harbor Springs MI
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Zorn Park Harbor Springs MI ~ Cannon In Background
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Photo taken October 2013: Beautiful Fountain With Memorial Plaques On Each Side... One Plaque For WWI and One Plaque For WWII
IN MEMORY
OF CORP. LEO M. SMITH KILLED IN ACTION AT SOISSONS FRANCE JULY 19, 1918 STANLEY HOOVER KILLED IN ACTION ARGONNE FOREST FRANCE OCTOBER 26, 1918 AND IN HONOR OF THE MEN OF HARBOR SPRINGS WHO WENT FORTH AT THE CALL OF THE THEIR COUNTRY TO FIGHT IN THE GREAT WAR FOR WORLD WIDE LIBERTY 1917 ~ 1918 |
1941 1945
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE GORDON BURNS DAVID BURTON RODNEY HILL PHILLIP HULETT LAWRENCE PETOSKEY JOHN TIPPETT AND IN HONOR OF THOSE FROM HARBOR SPRINGS WHO SERVED A GRATEFUL COUNTRY DURING WORLD WAR II |
From the two 1951 articles below it seems that the WWII memorial was dedicated on Memorial Day 1951.
Above photos were of WWI on the left, and WWII on the right.
7 June 1951 ~ Northern Michigan Review
28 May 1951 ~ Petoskey Evening News
Article Below: The cannon and balls arrived in Harbor Springs 15 December 1909.
17 December 1909 ~ Petoskey Evening News
17 February 1960 ~ Petoskey News Review
The cannon located in Zorn Park in Harbor Springs MI is a IX Dahlgren Shell Gun Cannon. This cannon has similar markings to the IX Dahlgren Cannon located across Little Traverse Bay in Petoskey's Pennsylvania Park. The cannon originally had, as a part of its display in Zorn Park, 20 cannon balls placed around it; four cannon balls at each corner, and another four in front directly under the barrel. Over the years the cannon balls have disappeared. Does anyone have any knowledge of the whereabouts of any of the cannon balls?
Photo Below 31 October 2018: Have the missing cannon balls been replaced
by rock cairns placed under the Zorn Park cannon?
by rock cairns placed under the Zorn Park cannon?
31 October 2018 ~ Rock Carins Under the Cannon
~ 1 October 2013 ~
Markings on the 9" Cannon
9-Inch muzzle ~ Cast 1862
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Piece weighs 9061 pounds
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The large metal loops were for the strong ropes used for running the guns out and for checking the length of the recoil when the gun was fired.
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Cast by the S.McM.&Co, Cannon No. 610
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P. marking means the cannon was test fired.
R.B.H. were initials of government inspector Robert Bradley Hitchcock.
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~ Zorn Park Plaque for the Cannon ~
2017
The 7 September 2017 Petoskey News Review's Jillian Fellows reported: The Harbor Springs Area Historical Society members plan to install a plaque on the cement structure of the IX Dahlgren Shell Gun Cannon's base. David Lyle, a trustee for the society, spoke about the cannon saying that "It was installed by veterans back in 1909 and 1910 in Harbor Springs and we want to honor them." The photo of the cannon included with the article plainly showed at least two cannon balls placed on the cement structure close to the barrel of the cannon.
~ Zorn Park Plaque for the Cannon ~
2018
2018
28 May 2018 ~ Memorial Day
Photos Above and Below: The cannon can be seen closer to the water as viewed through the opening of the fountain memorial... beautiful setting.
28 May 2018 ~ Memorial Day
28 May 2018 ~ Memorial Day Cannon Plaque Dedication
28 May 2018 ~ Memorial Day Cannon Plaque Dedication
It is interesting to note that the 24 May 2018 Petoskey News Review article with a Harbor Springs byline stated the following: "The Dahlgren cannon saw service in the Union Navy during the Civil War aboard the USS Powhatan." The above photo of the plaque attached to the same cannon, states that the cannon was on the USS Hartford at the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864.
Does anyone know an explanation for this cannon reportedly having been on two different ships? [See answer below.]
Does anyone know an explanation for this cannon reportedly having been on two different ships? [See answer below.]
26 September 2018: It has been learned that the plaque in the photo above is inaccurate. A researcher has found documentation in Washington DC that this particular #610 Dahlgren cannon truly had been on the Powhatan, rather than on the USS Hartford. Another plaque has been purchased and is now on display. Below: A new photo of the new plaque was taken 31 October 2018!
31 October 2018 ~ NEW Plaque with NEW Wording...
31 October 2018 ~ NEW Plaque with NEW Wording...
31 October 2018 ~ Cannon with Zorn Park's WWI and WWII memorials in background...
31 October 2018 ~ Zorn Park memorial flags stands proudly near the cannon...
31 October 2018 ~ The dedication plaque is in the ground at the foot of the Zorn Park memorial flag which stands proudly near the cannon...
~ Namesake for Zorn Park ~
~ 1 October 2013 ~
The memorial for Reverend Philip Seraphin Zorn rests next to the Holy Childhood of Jesus Church in Harbor Springs MI. Although nearby Zorn Park was named for Reverend Zorn, his remains were only recently, in 2013, returned to his last parish where he labored for so many years.
