Joe wrote:
"Wolfie" wrote in message
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Bart Senior wrote:
The 21-gun salute comes from summing of the digits in the
year 1776.

Salutes of 21 guns for national leaders predate 1776 and
the American Revolution...

Wrong, Bart is correct.

Argue with the Army's Center for Military History and the
Navy's Naval Historical Center:

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/faq/salute.htm

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq40-1.htm

There are a bunch of references to the 21-gun salute being due to the
sum of the digits 1776, I can see where Bart got this info.

However they just don't look quite deeply enough into the matter. For
one thing, the 21-gun salute was not standard in the U.S. military until
about 50 years later... and none of the other countries using the 21-gun
salute have any reason whatever to honor the year 1776.

Wolfie wrote:
Argue with the Army's Center for Military History and the
Navy's Naval Historical Center:

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/faq/salute.htm

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq40-1.htm


I found this a rather interesting discussion too. Maybe we can lure some
of these guys to participate here on A.S.A.?

http://www.regiments.org/wombats/classics/21gun.txt

Fresh Breezes- Doug 'And Keep Your Powder Dry' King

Urban legend;
http://www.snopes.com/military/21gun.htm#add




"Bart Senior" wrote in message
et...

The 21-gun salute comes from summing of the digits in the
year 1776.

yep.

Cheers

Scott Vernon wrote:

Urban legend;
http://www.snopes.com/military/21gun.htm#add




"Bart Senior" wrote in message
et...

The 21-gun salute comes from summing of the digits in the
year 1776.

Way to add to the thread, Nav.

SV


"Nav" wrote in message
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yep.

Cheers

Scott Vernon wrote:

Urban legend;
http://www.snopes.com/military/21gun.htm#add




"Bart Senior" wrote in message
et...

The 21-gun salute comes from summing of the digits in the
year 1776.

Kay!

Cheers

Scott Vernon wrote:

Way to add to the thread, Nav.

SV


"Nav" wrote in message
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yep.

Cheers

Scott Vernon wrote:


Urban legend;
http://www.snopes.com/military/21gun.htm#add




"Bart Senior" wrote in message
v.net...


The 21-gun salute comes from summing of the digits in the
year 1776.

When is the Union Jack flown and where?

What the heck is a "Jack" anyway?

A type of flag!

Cheers

Bart Senior wrote:

When is the Union Jack flown and where?

What the heck is a "Jack" anyway?

What is the proper location for a Japanese Flag in the home
of a Pearl Harbor verteran?

in the toilet?


"Bart Senior" wrote in message
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What is the proper location for a Japanese Flag in the home
of a Pearl Harbor verteran?