I'm Holden MaGroin and this is just wrong.
Has anyone checked Cranford?

If you want to identify a town that might remove historic properties, you need look no farther than Westfield. Although they do not have our wheels, they do have one of Scotch Plains more colorful objects of the Revolution.
I refer to the captured canon named “Old One Horn” After a century of back and forth among the men of the two towns, Westfield played dirty and cemented it in place in Fairview cemetery. There it has stayed for some 80 years. Many Scotch Plain folk are not even aware of the trick played on us. Yet some of us remember.
So, here are a few unkind words for pleasant Cranford from the Holden account poster I call 'snarky'. You may notice that each person who posts as Holden has a particular style. Yet they all work together. Can anyone count them all?

I'm Holden MaGroin and I hate to have to explain a joke.
My "snarky" comment was not directed at the town of Cranford, but rather at the former mayor who moved there. But that's ok, most likely only about 10 people or so would have gotten that joke.

I do have a question for you though, tree. If old one horn was cemented 80 years ago and you say you remeber it, are you like 96?
I assumed I was one of the older people posting on here, but I was taught to respect my elders and if you are that close to the century mark, I will certainly tailor my replies to you accordingly.

I'm sorry if each time I post you are caused to analyze my cadence, check my style, and then try to decide which character you think I am at that moment.

I was going to play along with you, but I do not want to mock the old.

Democrats get elected and the wheels start coming off immediately!

The wheels were dropped off in Pennsylvania, and the Amish there are fixing them. They were in disrepair.....

Thanks Lenapee Tree. Yes, indeed... you are right about that. You are quite observant. It is important to maintain iconic symbols like this, and things in our community that hold great meaning, and reflect our town's identity and image. I had heard that Mayor Glover recently talked about the history of the cannon at a recent Rotary Club... and that he had made arrangements to take care of this issue. Kudos to him for doing so.

I'm Holden MaGroin and I love double-time Saturdays.
Thanks for solving the mystery Mr Stein.

The restoration of the canon wheels started as a project through the Sons of the American Legion and the Scotch Plains Legion Post more than 3 years ago. One of the SAL members locatedd a restoration company that did this kind of work, received pricing, deliveries etc. and several proposals and updates were presented to The town over the years with no action taken. Last Memorial Day, then Councilman Glover and then Acting Township Manager LaCosta were made aware of the project. As the saying goes, The wheels of Municipal Government move slowly but they do move.
The gentleman in charge of the wheel project for the SAL is also a member of the SP Public Works and removed the wheels to the restoration company near Lancaster PA last Thur. The wheels should be re-built and on the canon by this coming Memorial Day.

How 'bout getting rid of that tacky hand-globe sculpture in front of town hall?

I looks like we got all of the info on the cannon's wheels for now... With regards to the Frazee House and the Hand Sculpture, well now, that's another story.... and a long one at that.

We have your Cannon Wheels and in about eight weeks you will have a set of Cannon Wheels that will look just like the wheels that came with the cannon when it was new. You can see our Cannon Wheel work at;
http://www.customwagons.com/cannon_wheels.htm

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I thought the Amish were working on this in Pennsylvania? That's what I was told.