The other night when we were at Boulevard Park on the bay, there were two tall masted ships in the harbor. We noticed them. But didn’t really remark about them. Then out of the blue, one of them shot a cannon at the other and the sound was loud and deep; it shook my kidneys! i really don’t know if that’s the organ I feel when there is a loud deep sound like that, but that’s what I imagine it is. Then I remembered THIS ARTICLE about Lady Washington and Hawaiian chieftain.
See the gun smoke? Cool, huh?
I think we only heard one other blast. But don’t worry. They were shooting blanks.
The imagination runs wild thinking what that would have been like 200 years ago with real cannon fire being shot!
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That is an amazing experience. I have seen the tall ships but never heard the cannon!!
The photo with the smoke is amazing. We occasionally have tall ships in our harbor but I have never seen any canons being shot.