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Sun, 15 Jun 2014
Father’s Day BLAM!
Sarah was keeping track of when Fort Washington would be firing their canons, and today was the day.
We paddled across the Potomac from the Virginia side (dodging motor boats, jet skis and small cruise ships) and arrived in time for a quick lunch before we climbed up to see what was happening in the fort.
There was a BLAM as we cleaned up our lunch.
Clearly our timing was Excellent!
We arrived just as they were preparing the second shot from the 2pm blast.
It was every bit as loud as it looks.
And they told us that they were using about 8 ounces of black powder — with an actual canon ball, they would be using more like a pound.
It was plenty loud enough to get your attention.
We staying for the final two shots of the day just because it’s so impressive.
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