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To: SaxxonWoods; ransomnote
I don't get the 21 gun salute thing.

My dad was a WWII vet and VFW member. At his funeral, they gave him a 21 gun salute which I believe to be the proper protocol.

I read this a long time ago, and this is what his fellow vets gave him. I don't remember how many rifles were used (probably 7) but they all fired at once, a single volley, with a rest, followed by seven, a rest, then seven more, rest and finally six more.

1-7-7-6.

559 posted on 01/30/2021 7:30:03 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Trump won the "popular vote". Biden won the digital vote.)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

My dad was a WWII vet and VFW member. At his funeral, they gave him a 21 gun salute which I believe to be the proper protocol.

I read this a long time ago, and this is what his fellow vets gave him. I don’t remember how many rifles were used (probably 7) but they all fired at once, a single volley, with a rest, followed by seven, a rest, then seven more, rest and finally six more.

1-7-7-6.
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Ah. The one the President gets is a volley every five seconds. The funeral pace is slower.


567 posted on 01/30/2021 7:37:36 PM PST by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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