Franklin County agrees to loan cannon to maritime museum

County commissioners have agreed to allow the Apalachicola Maritime Museum to display a small cannon at the Museum that has been stored for years at the Apalachicola armory.

County administrative director Alan Pierce said the cannon has no association with the Armory and is most likely a signal cannon from a ship.

The museum has offered to research the background of the cannon and also to have

it inspected to see if it can be fired.

The cannon would only be on loan and would remain property of the county.

County commissioners said they want to make sure that there is a hold harmless agreement in place so that if the museum fires the cannon and something goes wrong the county can’t be held liable.

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