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

I would think the reason for our 21 gun salute is whatever
we, as a nation, decide it is.


DSK wrote
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

I would think the reason for our 21 gun salute is whatever
we, as a nation, decide it is.

Hear, hear!

Proof perhaps that you learn't someting from your mother country?

Cheers

Bart Senior wrote:

I would think the reason for our 21 gun salute is whatever
we, as a nation, decide it is.


DSK wrote

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