The gun monument is a 32-pound Columbiad seacoast cannon from Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia. In front of the cannon are nineteen cannon balls arranged in a pyramid. The bronze plaque details the total number of original burials and the number of identified and unknown remains.
You can read here about the 32-pound Columbiad.
(Photo Author’s Collection)

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