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YOMO
The 21 gun salute has nothing to do with adding the digits in 1776.
US Army website.
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10/15/2001 6:44:22 PM PDT
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The Shootist
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beat me to it.
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Thanks for the information. I always thought that the 21 gun salute had something to do with the British Empire and the number of it's colonies. I stand corrected.
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