To: 3AngelaD
...the seven color guard members lifted their rifles for one of the most solemn moments of any Memorial Day parade, the 21-gun salute. This has nothing to do with the subject of the story, but it should be noted that reporters are notorious for mistaking a "3 Shot Volley" for a "21 Gun Salute."
12 posted on
05/29/2007 10:09:01 AM PDT by
MarineBrat
(My wife and I took an AIDS vaccination that the Church offers.)
To: MarineBrat
Isn’t it 7 soldiers firing 3 ‘rounds’ each?
3 X 7 = 21
I honestly don’t know - never served, only a Boy scout :)
To: MarineBrat
A 3 shot volley by seven soldiers in dress IS a twenty-one gun salute.
31 posted on
05/29/2007 10:29:08 AM PDT by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: MarineBrat
...the seven color guard members lifted their rifles for one of the most solemn moments of any Memorial Day parade, the 21-gun salute.This has nothing to do with the subject of the story, but it should be noted that reporters are notorious for mistaking a "3 Shot Volley" for a "21 Gun Salute."
For that matter the color guard does not fire the salute at all, the firing party does.
At least they did at the gazillion funerals I participated in at Arlington.
57 posted on
05/29/2007 12:11:30 PM PDT by
Graybeard58
(Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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