Surviving Examples
- Cantigny Park, in Wheaton, Illinois.
- Westminster, Massachusetts
- New London MO.
- Aberdeen ME
- Fort Sam Houston
- Oklahoma City OK
- one at Clemson University
- one complete unit at Fort Sill museum
- one at Texas A&M University. Operated by the Corps of Cadets, Parson's Mounted Cavalry (The Spirit of '02)
- one at Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf, Faribault, MN, USA
- Three at Valley Forge Military Academy and College in Wayne, PA, U.S.A.
- one at Veteran's of Foreign Wars Post no.33, Greensburg, PA, USA
- one in 3-inch M1902 field gun Mission county park, San Antonio, Texas. The gun is missing its wheels.
- One complete unit at High Street Cemetery, Danvers, Massachusetts
- A refurbished 1902 American field gun was returned to Memorial Circle on the Fourth of July 2005 through the Driving force of MR.Franklin McQuage and cooperative efforts and the Veterans of Foreign Wars post 637, the American Legion Post 146, the Hopewell Moose Lodge, the Department of Public Works, and the maintenance crew at the Hopewell Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility (HRWTF).A Williamsburg craftsman restored the wheels after the HRWTF Maintenance Department employees cleaned, sandblasted, primed, and repainted the whole cannon, from tip to tip to include the gun and barrel. The original acquisition of the cannon, somewhere around 1947 was donated to the City by the Commander of the Richmond (Belleview) Depot.
The City of Hopewell Va 23860,which owns the cannon piece and the VFW, divided the restoration cost of approximately $2,400. The gun was used by Officer Pershing in the Mexican Border Dispute in 1916. The field gun is believed to have been built in 1902. This type of artillery was the U.S. Army’s primary field piece until the middle of WWII, the federal government made these guns available to veteran’s organizations and communities for use in war memorials.Jimmie Mcilwain, a retired Air Force LT. Colonel and master of ceremonies for the re-dedication, reflected on the hard times the field gun has had since it was first installed in Hopewell in the 1940’s.
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