The 21-gun salute is one of the highest military honors, performed for dignitaries, heads of state and fallen service members ...

The Royal Navy marks the accession of the new king with a series of powerful gun salutes, continuing a centuries-old tradition of honoring the monarch. Witness the precision, ceremony, and respect as ...

By 1730, the Royal Navy was prescribing 21 guns for certain anniversary dates, although this was not mandatory as a salute to the Royal family until later in the eighteenth century. Several famous ...

Across the fleet, on warships, and at naval bases, two very different ceremonial gun salutes echoed across the waves, across the Atlantic, the English Channel, and beyond. The first saw 96 rounds ...

A 21-gun salute recently took place in honor of Kenneth Gorbey, a U.S. Navy veteran, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park in Amherst. Gorbey served in the Navy from 1957 until 1963. “He was the ...

With both the Union Jack and the Falkland Islands flags waving at half mast, a day after the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II islands’ forces held a 96-gun salute to commemorate the life and ...