Army officer John Rogers Vinton was killed during the Mexican-American War, and his Swan Point Cemetery monument incorporates a cannonball into the memorial. The unusual detail has made the grave one of the cemetery's most memorable military monuments. The coordinate routes to Swan Point; ask cemetery staff for current directions to the Vinton monument and follow photography rules. Secondary source: https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/61358
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