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Description "On the south-west lawn of the Minnesota Capitol Mall the USS Ward gun announces your arrival to the Memorial. This 4"/50 caliber gun signaled that our nation was at war when it fired America’s first shot of World War II, and sinking a Japanese midget submarine, at Pearl Harbor on that fateful day on December 7, 1941". On May 10 of Statehood week in the centennial year of 1958, this gun was presented to the state by the U.S. Navy and dedicated to all Minnesotans who have served in the defense of our country. Dedicated on May 10, 1958.
Date Taken on 6 June 2008
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