21-gun salute
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A 21-gun salute is the most commonly recognized of the customary gun salutes that are performed by the firing of cannon or artillery as a military honor. As naval customs evolved, 21 guns came to be f
The U.S. Navy Munitions Command, detachment Sewell's Point, performs a 21-gun salute at Iowa Point in honor of former President Gerald R. Ford's death a few days prior.
A Dutch man-of-war firing a salute. The Cannon Shot, painting by Willem van de Velde the Younger.
21-gun salute from Kronborg Castle to mark the 69th birthday of Queen Margrethe II
75mm gun firing 21 shots near Les Invalides for the inauguration of François Hollande as President of the French Republic
Gun salute
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A gun salute or cannon salute is the use of a piece of artillery to fire shots, often 21 in number for higher ranks, with the aim of marking an honor or celebrating a joyful event. It is a tradition i
21-gun salute
…A 21-gun salute is the most commonly recognized of the customary gun salutes that are performed by the firing of cannon or artillery as a military honor. As naval customs evolved, 21 guns came to be fired for heads of state, or…
A cannon on a naval vessel's deck fired during the arrival of a dignitary
The Saluting Battery in Valletta firing a gun salute