Comment on Eagle Scout, specialist restore historic replica cannon

For former Vancouver soldiers Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Gen. O.O. Howard, whose names are on nearby buildings, the two cannons would have represented formidable weapons. For the city, they represented a double-barrelled welcome to Vancouver’s historic core since 1991, until one of the replica cannons was removed for restoration. Now both of the non-firing artillery pieces are on duty at the west end of Officers Row. John Keller took on the renovation for the Fort Vancouver National Trust as his Eagle Scout project.