Back in 1925 the Freehold American Legion donated an old German cannon from the first world war to the Town. The gun was placed at the junction of Broadway and East Main Streets (now known as Elks Point). The August 18, 1942 edition of the Asbury Park Press reported that the Freehold defense council's salvage committe was given permission to add the cannon to the boro's scrap metal collection. Another article from the Red Bank Register quoted a spokesperson from Post 54 as saying that they have consented to the cannon being sent back to Germany in the shape of tanks or guns.
