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On 9 November they broke through the outer walls to find the Greeks blockaded into a wine storeroom where they had a stash of gunpowder.
The church became a barracks during Oliver Cromwell’s occupation of the city in the 1650; in 1718 there was an explosion of gunpowder that had been stored by city fathers in the tower.
The general trend dates back at least to the invention of gunpowder: As technology advances, the growing power, compactness, and accessibility of lethal technologies mean that more people in more lands have the option of committing atrocities of greater and greater severity.
Realizing the importance of Western military technology, Nobunaga mastered the manufacture of gunpowder and made firearms from melted-down temple bells.
Park Street Church stands on a site whose nickname comes from Brimstone Corner (some say for the fiery sermons delivered by such figures as Henry Ward Beecher and William Lloyd Garrison, who delivered his first anti-slavery speech here in 1829, others because gunpowder was kept in the basement during the 1812 War).