Rare cannonball emerges from ground at the Alamo, likely untouched for nearly 190 years

Archaeologists have uncovered a cannonball that may have been fired during the 1836 Battle of the Alamo — just three months after making a similar rare discovery . The cannonball was discovered on June 2. The Alamo Trust, the nonprofit organization that oversees the Alamo Mission, announced the discovery on June 16. SECRETS OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLEFIELDS EMERGE 250 YEARS AFTER AMERICA'S FOUNDING It was found outside the northeast corner of the Alamo Church, in an adjacent excavation unit wher