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Cannon From Purported Blackbeard Wreck On Display For 1 Hour

ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. -- Underwater archaeologists plan to raise a cannon Wednesday from what's presumed to be the pirate Blackbeard's sunken flagship and put it on display -- for an hour.

"If you don't see it then, you won't see it for awhile," said Mark Wilde-Ramsing, project director for the Queen Anne's Revenge Project.

The public can get a glimpse of the cannon from noon to 1 p.m. at Fort Macon State Park.
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