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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: October 9, 2009
Caption: Little Heiskell
Additional Description: The creation of a German tinsmith named Heiskell, “Little Heiskell" is a Hessian soldier weather vane. Little Heiskel has become the symbol of the City of Hagerstown. The weather vane, now on permanent display at the Hager Museum, once adorned the cupola atop City Hall. During the Civil War, a Confederate sharpshooter reportedly fired a mini-ball through Little Heiskell's “heart.”Close-up of image on marker
Submitted: January 28, 2019, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p462434
File Size: 0.069 Megabytes

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