Cultural References
The title of the Green Day song "21 Guns" is a reference to a 21-gun salute.
In the song "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)" by AC/DC 21-gun salutes are also mentioned.
In the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, when the Grandfather sings "Posh" whilst dangling from a hot air balloon, there is a line "they 21 gun salute me".
The 21-gun salute are also mentioned in the song "Methods to your Madness" by heavy metal band Metal Church.
Another mention is in the Clutch song "The Mob Goes Wild".
The 2000 U.S. Open Golf Championship, held at the famed Pebble Beach Golf Links, saw a unique twist on the 21-gun salute. The tournament's defending champion, Payne Stewart, had died in a plane crash the previous October. Before the tournament began, a ceremony was held in Stewart's memory in which 21 golfers lined up on the 18th fairway and hit drives into the Pacific Ocean.
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