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Last seen on: The Sun – Two Speed Crossword – Sep 12 2020
Random information on the term “Gun salute”:
A feu de joie (French: “fire of joy”) is a form of formal celebratory gunfire consisting of a celebratory rifle salute, described as a “running fire of guns.” As soldiers fire into the air sequentially in rapid succession, the cascade of blank rounds produces a characteristic “rat-tat-tat” effect. It is used on rare landmark occasions of national rejoicing. During the 18th and 19th centuries, a feu de joie has celebrated a military victory or birthday. In recent years, it has marked, in Royal presence, the 80th Birthday and Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, as well as the Royal Air Force Centenary. Feux de joie also mark annual national or army days in, e.g., Canada, Malta, Nepal and Singapore.
A spectacular feu de joie ran up and down double lines of infantrymen at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, on 6 May 1778 to celebrate the alliance between the newly independent United States of America with France.
The men were placed in specified positions to fire a feu de joie with muskets and cannon—three times three discharges of thirteen cannon. At the first the army huzzaed, “Long live the King of France”; at the second, “Long live the friendly European powers”; and at the third there was a shout, “The American States.”