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    A feu de joie (literally "fire of joy" in French) is a form of formal celebratory gunfire consisting of a celebratory rifle salute, described as a "running...
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  • slow time. The Feu de Joie is fired in accordance with Chapter 9 of the Canadian Forces Drill Manual. After completion of the Feu de Joie, the guard is...
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    Flight and culminating with the Red Arrows. It was followed by the first feu de joie ("fire of joy") fired in her presence during her reign, a second being...
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    January 1827 by Lockyer when he commanded the Union Jack be raised and a feu de joie fired by the troops. The settlement was founded in response to British...
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    Review, which consisted of maneuvers by the army, cannon fire, and a Feu de Joie, a formal ceremony consisting of a rapid and sequential firing of guns...
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    other hand is clenched and held behind the back, parallel to the waist. Feu de joie Noon-day Gun Quenelle (gesture) Three-finger salute (scouts) Water salute...
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    with a double ration of rum for his soldiers and an artillery salute (feu de joie). Across the Atlantic Ocean, ambassadors John Adams and Benjamin Franklin...
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    is a majestic display of the Nepalese Army along with a celebratory feu de joie firing alongside a 21-gun salute that continues for ten to fifteen minutes...
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    Soldiers will load the rifle with the blank round in preparation of the feu de joie, French for "fire of joy" in parades. In Polish this is called the Salwa...
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    anti-tank guns at the Old Guard regimental motor pool. Three-volley salute Feu de joie "Les cérémonies du Royal Gun Salutes à Londres". escapadesalondres.com...
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    The 15th installment in 1980 was the first parade to introduce the feu de joie of the Guard-of-Honour contingents. The following year, SPF Civil Defense...
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    Fanfare call by trumpeters Drummer's Call Retreat by the Band Marches Feu de Joie Call to prayer Evening Hymn Prelude to the National Anthem Performance...
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    immémoriaux, les peuples païens célébraient le solstice d'été par un grand feu de joie, symbolisant la lumière qui était à son apogée. Montréal Gazette, 2013...
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    naval squadron the next day, Bremer took formal possession, under a feu de joie from the Royal Marines and a royal salute from the men-of-war ships....
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    was the headquarters for General George Washington when he ordered a feu de joie for the second anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence...
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    formation Riderless horse State funeral Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Feu de joie "TC 3-21.5 Drill and Ceremonies" (PDF). U.S. Army Publishing Directorate...
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  • Double-barrelled name (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    statesman is endowed with a double-barreled name. It brings on a perpetual feu de joie of squibs, and makes him so much the more agreeable to everybody but...
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    pseudonym François la Colère by the Editions de Minuit La Rose et le réséda Feu de joie, 1919 Le Mouvement perpétuel, 1926 La Grande Gaîté, 1929 Persécuté persécuteur...
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    ceremonial show of strength known as a feu de joie ("fire of joy"), which shook American morale. Recalled Rose, the feu de joie "completed the Business with us...
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    Victoria Day (French: Fête de la Reine, lit. 'Celebration of the Queen') is a federal Canadian public holiday observed on the last Monday preceding May...
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  • cases of actual deaths from falling bullets. Stray bullet Warning shot Feu de joie 21-gun salute "Dragan Obrenović | International Criminal Tribunal for...
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    Troops deliver a feu de joie on Parliament Hill for the Queen's Birthday Review in 1868....
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    squadron at Possession Point, where the Union Jack was raised, under a feu de joie from the Royal Marines and a royal salute from the warships. This date...
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    birthday celebrations of Sir Gregory O Page-Turner when they performed a feu de joie 'and were afterwards regaled at one of the principal inns of the town'...
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  • Jean de Botton with Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, collection of the San Francisco Public Library Enchanted Landscape and Feu de Joie by Jean de Botton...
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  • King Lear (1987 film) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    attenuating them." cf. Girbaud Closed jeans commercial Fer à repasser. Fr: 'un feu de joie', lit. 'A fire of joy'. From JLG/JLG (1994): (34:00) "Be careful about...
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    cheering crowds outside the palace and along The Mall. There followed a feu de joie and a flypast by the Red Arrows and historic aircraft, including PA474...
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    War and the Colonies Earl Bathurst, the Union Jack was raised and a feu de joie fired by the troops, formally annexing the territory, in assertion of...
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  • 1858: The Argosy 1859: Bilberry 1860: Stockade 1861: Brown Duchess 1862: Feu de Joie 1863: Miss Armstrong 1864: Gondola 1865: Klarinska 1866: Lady Vane 1867:...
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  • 2,000 Guineas Stakes – The Marquis The Derby – Caractacus The Oaks – Feu de Joie St. Leger Stakes – The Marquis Australia Melbourne Cup – Archer (second...
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