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21 Gun Video Research:

History of Presidential 21 Gun Salute fired as soon as the President is sworn in (1 min video) https://youtu.be/68ZLXugTsnw

In action from 2017 Trump Inauguration https://youtu.be/sN1zIJc8PUU

HISTORICAL VIDEO PROOF:

Carter in 1977 at 18:25 https://youtu.be/ifmaoLJTNrk

Reagan in 1981 at 20:35 https://youtu.be/MkptgX535E4

Reagan in 1985 At 1:05 https://youtu.be/PNwlrzQGxJI Interestingly…moved inside due to weather (7° with -25° windchill factor). Still see and hear those cannons though.

Bush 41 at 23:45 https://youtu.be/MW1c2PeZu9M

Clinton 1st at 59 min https://youtu.be/0Cyu_3OiecY

Clinton 2nd at 32:30 https://youtu.be/kmJHm_eqUGs

Bush 1 at 21:05 https://youtu.be/KJ2SuQwZWt8

Bush 2 at 1 hr https://youtu.be/cb2w6cHFv7M

Obama 1 at 32 https://youtu.be/S4VoolvEsyQ

Obama 2 at 41(hard to hear over crowd) https://youtu.be/0UEbEvObgKo

Trump 1 at 1 hr https://youtu.be/Z7hET4Xp0qQ

Trump 21 gun salute at Andrew’s Air Force Base for farewell hours before Biden Inauguration using 4 guns and guns seen in all the other 21 gun salute videos: https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/01/videos-trump-gets-21-gun-salute-at-joint-base-andrews-before-leaving-dc/

Biden at 33:30 NO 21 GUNS only SILENCE https://www.c-span.org/video/?508135-3/president-biden-2021-inaugural-ceremony

21 Gun Salute Wed afternoon, only this salute is different with 10 sec breaks and they only used 2 guns out of 3 at the wreath laying:

Clip: https://youtu.be/835ouLp4IiA

Full: approx 14 min to 17+min mark. It takes 3.5 minutes to fire 21 rounds with 10 sec intervals.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?508136-1/motorcade-arlington-cemetery-tomb-unknown-soldier-ceremony

Grunge.com trying to sell the later 21 Gun Salute: https://www.grunge.com/316806/the-history-of-the-21-gun-salute-explained/

CNN too: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/19/us/trump-21-gun-salute-history-trnd/index.html

They pulled most of their article from this Army site: https://history.army.mil/html/faq/salute.html

Found this at https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Visit/Events-and-Ceremonies/Ceremonies/21-Gun-Salute

“Today, the U.S. military fires a 21-gun salute in honor of a national flag, the sovereign or chief of state of a foreign nation, a member of a reigning royal family, and the president, ex-presidents and president-elect of the United States. The 21-gun salute is also fired at noon on George Washington’s birthday, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, and the day of the funeral of a president, ex-president or president-elect.”

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is one other place they use this 21 Gun Salute. Here is a video from Sept 24, 2004 where they only use 2 of 3 guns and take 10 second intervals just like Jan 20, 2021:

https://youtu.be/mhyKIdc5K1g

Strange that with so many military in attendance they would not do a very traditional military thing…that has been done at every other inauguration I can find.