Unfortunately, none of Denning's cannons survive today. Historical documents help us imagine what Denning's cannons looked like. It is also not known when, or who added the "Colonel" to Sergeant William Denning's name. After the Revolution, William Denning lived out his life near Newville, PA and is interred with his only son and daughter in the Big Spring Presbyterian Church cemetery in Newville. His monument reads "Blacksmith and Forger of Wrought Iron Cannon."
Pennyslvania named a state park after him, Colonel Denning State Park in Doubling Gap, PA.The park became a state recreational area about 1930, under the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, and was developed formally in 1936 through the efforts of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp S-111 in Perry County.
Unfortunately, none of Denning's cannons survive today. Historical documents help us imagine what Denning's cannons looked like. It is also not known when, or who added the "Colonel" to Sergeant William Denning's name. After the Revolution, William Denning lived out his life near Newville, PA and is interred with his only son and daughter in the Big Spring Presbyterian Church cemetery in Newville. His monument reads "Blacksmith and Forger of Wrought Iron Cannon."
Pennyslvania named a state park after him, Colonel Denning State Park in Doubling Gap, PA.The park became a state recreational area about 1930, under the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, and was developed formally in 1936 through the efforts of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp S-111 in Perry County.
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