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05/04/2006: "SEVEN CANNON.....Taipei 228 Peace Park"
Seven cannon at Taipei 228 Peace Park. Salvaged underwater from the southern Kaohsiung area.
With invasions of Taiwan being regular over the centuries, a variety of cannon were used by ships and land fortresses. Most remain around the island in some way or another.
Here in a quiet Taipei city park is a collection of Chinese, Russian and German cannon dating back over 200 years.
The 228 Peace Park is named after the Feb 28th massacre of tens of thousands of Taiwanese citizens by their own poorly trained troops out of control (and trying to establish some - when dictator Chiang Kai-shek was first handed the island by the allies after WW2).
