FORT KNOX TO CONDUCT 21-GUN AND 50-GUN SALUTES DEC. 6

By Fort Knox PAODecember 6, 2018

21 and 50-gun salutes to honor George H.W. Bush Dec. 6
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A 21-gun salute will be fired by 19th Engineer Battalion Soldiers at Brooks Parade Field today. The firing will begin at noon, and the guns will be fired at 1-minute intervals.

An additional salute -- equal to the number of States of the Union (50) -- will be fired today by 19th Engineer Battalion Soldiers at 5 p.m. retreat at Brooks Parade Field. The guns will fire at 5-second intervals.