Parades and firing blanks.

[Adam Helmer]

My company of Civil War Bucktails will be busy this Memorial Day weekend. We will have a parade on Saturday and two on Monday. In two of the parades, we will end up in formation in a town cemetary and will fire the traditional 21-gun salute followed by taps from our company buglar.

Our blanks are 75 grains of 2F BP put up in coin wrappers I get free from the local bank. We pour the BP down the barrel, cap and fire our M1853 Enfield .58 caliber rifled muskets.

I hope all have a great Memorial Day and remember what the day is all about.

Adam