The guns were removed from Fort Clinton and taken to a warehouse on Randalls Island. They were brought back because of the War of 1812 Bicentennial commemoration and because of the reconstruction of Fort Clinton and Nutter's Battery Overlooks.
It was originally thought that the guns protected the city during an expected British attack during the War of 1812, but that wasn't true.
The guns date back to 240 years to the British ship HMS Hussar, a 28-gun frigate commissioned in 1763. It ran aground in New York's treacherous East River in the 1780 and sank. Rumors abounded that the ship had been carrying gold to pay the British Army and as a result, many salvage efforts were made. None was ever found, but many artifacts were recovered.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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