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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 cannons or artillery as a military honor...
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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 (21-gun salute), with the aim of marking an honor or...
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    A salute state was a princely state under the British Raj that had been granted a gun salute by the British Crown (as paramount ruler); i.e., the protocolary...
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    readiness to re-engage. A gun salute or cannon salute is the use of a piece of artillery to fire shots, often 21 in number (21-gun salute), with the aim of marking...
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  • Salute is the debut studio album by American rock band 21 Guns, released on July 13, 1992, through RCA Records. Artwork on the album was directed by Hugh...
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    to be ready for battle. It should not be confused with the 21-gun salute (or 19-gun or 17-gun, etc.) which is fired by a battery of artillery pieces. In...
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    the first time, an indigenously developed howitzer gun, the ATAGS was included in the 21 gun salute alongside the British origin 25-pounder as part of...
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    ceremonial 21-gun salute that is fired from the Tower of London to mark special royal occasions, Royal Salute whiskies are aged for a minimum of 21 years,...
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  • head, the Aga Khan is not a monarch per se, but until 1947 merited a 13-gun salute Aga Khan III-GCMG, GCVO Aga Khan IV-KBE (2003) Those ruling families had...
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  • 21 Guns or Twenty-One Guns may refer to: 21-gun salute, an arms salute as a military honor 21 Guns (band), a 1990s rock band formed by Thin Lizzy guitarist...
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    national/unit military parades are common during the day, as well as a 21-gun salute in the capital. On the civilian level, festive events and activities...
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  • com. Retrieved 3 March 2017. "BRIT Awards 2018". BBC News. 21 February 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018. "WickedSkengMan4 – Single by Stormzy". iTunes...
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    Sail, firing her guns at one-minute intervals for the first time in approximately 100 years. On 11 July, she rendered a 21-gun salute to Her Majesty's...
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    princely states varied greatly in status, size, and wealth; the premier 21-gun salute states of Hyderabad and Jammu and Kashmir were each over 200,000 km2...
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  • up salute in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A salute is a gesture or other action used to indicate respect. Salute may also refer to: 21-gun salute, a...
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    The Presidential Salute Battery (Guns Platoon), an element of the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment, comprises soldiers qualified as MOS 11C (Mortarman)...
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  • The Thirteen-Gun Salute is the thirteenth historical novel in the Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1989. The story is set during...
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    the World Trade Center site for the first time and gave the site a 21-gun salute. The commissioning ceremony for New York took place on 7 November 2009...
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  • 2009: "It brings up 21st Century Breakdown in a lot of ways, and the 21-gun salute for someone that's fallen, but done in an arena rock 'n' roll sort of...
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    performed "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" and a 21 gun salute was executed by the U.S. Army's Presidential Salute Battery. The casket proceeded through a ramp...
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    abbey rang, 21-gun salutes were fired at 13 locations around the United Kingdom and on deployed Royal Navy ships, and 62-gun salutes and a six-gun salvo were...
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  • be released, Mexico issue an apology, and raise and salute the US flag along with a 21 gun salute. Mexico refused the demand. US President Woodrow Wilson...
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  • first to be televised and the first to be streamed online. At 11:00, 21-gun salutes at the Tower of London, Cardiff Castle, Edinburgh Castle, Castle Cornet...
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    1937; and "21" to signify the 21 steps it takes the Tomb Sentinels to walk by the Tomb of the Unknown and the military honor of a 21 Gun Salute. Tomb Sentinels...
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  • firings in a 21-gun salute honoring royalty or leaders of countries "Twenty One", a 1994 song by an Irish rock band The Cranberries "21 Guns", a 2009 song...
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    duties of Regt. Sergeant Majors and Colour Sergeants, the Royal Salute, 21-gun salutes by the Royal Regiment of Artillery, and flypasts (flying the Malaysian...
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    ambassador (or other head of mission) accredited to the host country. A 21-gun salute is fired in honor of the visiting head of state. The playing of the...
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    founded state and hoisted for the first time during the celebrations as a 21-gun salute fired in the distance. The first public military parade of the People's...
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    wearing a black armband in mourning of his mother. 21-gun salute Ten-bell salute Three-volley salute Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School...
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  • state funeral. He was buried with full military honours, including a 21-gun salute from the Nigerian Army, and thousands of people attended his funeral...
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