The Sprinfield Armory was a weapons manufacturing facility for the US armed services from 1797 to the 1960's. The Armory made arms for every US conflict between those dates, and several models used in the Civil War through WWI were referred to as the "Springfield." The most notable innovation developed at the Springfield Armory was the M-1 Garand rifle, the first low-cost semi-automatic rifle used in WWII.

Hmmm...for someone who abhors guns, I seem to know a lot about them. Maybe that's all just leftover info from many elementary school trips to the armory.