If you happen to be exploring downtown Elizabethtown on foot you should make a detour to visit the Public Square on the corner of West Dixie where you will find an infamous cannonball lodged in a wall. This particular cannonball has an interesting history; it dates back to 1862 when Elizabethtown experienced it’s one and only Civil War battle. The story goes that the Confederate Army attacked the Union-occupied town in order to destroy the railway which ran through Elizabethtown. In the ensuing battle, a cannonball became lodged in the Depp building. After the building was destroyed by fire in 1887, the cannonball was “recued” and replaced in its original position many years later, where it remains as a familiar landmark.

The Cannonball, 40 Public Square, West Dixie, Elizabethtown, KY 42701, 270 765 2175

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