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200 years ago, Beaufort greeted famous Frenchman with 13-gun salute. City still starstruck
During the American Revolution, French aristocrat Marquis de Lafayette ... In Beaufort, he was greeted with a 13-gun salute and reportedly stood on the steps of the Verdier House, which still ...
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NEW POWDERLESS GUN.; French Officer's Invention Said to Fire 1,200 Shots a Minute by Electricity.
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