Posted on 10/26/2007 1:23:22 PM PDT by Sopater
While the numbers do add up to 1776, this is not why there is a 21 gun salute:
http://www.snopes.com/military/21gun.asp
Never mind
Saw your link - not sure I buy “snopes” on this one.
I think Snopes got that from the U.S. Army Military History website.
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/faq/salute.htm
I’ve often wondered about the origins myself. I DO like the 1776 theory, however.
LOL! As my Grandfather would often say when confronted with such ignorance: “well”
I don’t doubt it, but it is a result of the dimensions.
[... They didn’t even mention Christ.
Just the word “God” was apparently
enough to set off the village athiest...]
Reminds me of a comment regarding Hillary’s
social babble book “It Takes A Village”.
“The only thing a village can raise is the village idiot.”
NOT A CHRISTOPHOBE
There has been so much stuff like this over the past few years. And not but a week or two ago Bush was kissing up to the muzzies. What have they done to get so many in gov’t to throw Christ out to the curb? I wonder....
If anyone is interested in helping the American Legion fight this:
The Honorable Gordon H. Mansfield
Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20420
phone: (202) 273-4817
email: Gordon.mansfield@va.gov
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