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Eagle Point Elementary Students get Explosive Lesson on the Civil War

Students helped historical re-enactors set off a Civil War cannon.

If you heard some loud explosions Friday around , don't worry, the students were just learning about the Civil War.

The re-enactors of the Second Minnesota Battery of Light Artillery were at the school giving students a variety of lessons on the Civil War, but the day's crowd-pleaser was when students got the chance to help set off a cannon.

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