My uncle had Taps and a 21-gun salute at his funeral. We were all quietly mourning and then INCREDIBLY FREAKED OUT because most of us had never attended a military funeral before, and didn't know that the 21 guns (loaded with blanks, but still) are pointed not at the sky, but at the mourners. It was unnerving to say the least.
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Jessica - Jul 27, 2006 5:35:10 pm PDT #5779 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Steph L. - Jul 27, 2006 5:40:16 pm PDT #5780 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
the 21 guns (loaded with blanks, but still) are pointed not at the sky, but at the mourners.
Ack! That would freak me WAY the hell out.
Laura - Jul 27, 2006 6:00:27 pm PDT #5781 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
They did the 21 guns and Taps for my father and FIL. Taps is really tough. The guns were pointed in another direction though.
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libkitty - Jul 27, 2006 6:50:43 pm PDT #5782 of 10001
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DCJensen - Jul 27, 2006 7:37:55 pm PDT #5783 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
I'm pretty sure Funeral Salutes are NOT supposed to be pointed at people. That's weird.
And, IIRC, they aren't technically 21-gun salutes, although 21 shots are fired (3 shots, seven riflemen).
DCJensen - Jul 27, 2006 7:41:03 pm PDT #5784 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
I heard Taps AND Amazing Grace and the funeral salute at my dad's funeral.
Taps used to be one of my favorite tunes.
Volans - Jul 27, 2006 7:59:40 pm PDT #5785 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Just thinking about "Amazing Grace" or "Danny Boy" on bagpipes makes me cry. {{{{{{{{Teppy}}}}}}}}}}
SuziQ - Jul 27, 2006 8:27:23 pm PDT #5786 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Amazing Grace reduces me to a puddle EVER. SINGLE. TIME.
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Typo Boy - Jul 27, 2006 8:30:45 pm PDT #5787 of 10001
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Blanks definitely should not be fired at people. From close range they can kill. Even from a distance, being hit by one would probably hurt.
Aims - Jul 27, 2006 8:51:48 pm PDT #5788 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
f there was any dignified way to work it in, I'd be campaigning hard for it.
Maybe you could have the funeral home play it during visitation? At a friends funeral, my friends father had tapes of my friends band playing.