Silver Dollar City & Celebration City Discussion > SDC Memories/ Park History
blast from the past
oldsdcer:
Remember when they used to fire the cannon at the closing ceremony?
Junior, too!:
Great picture...I remember taking part in those ceremonies during my time in the attractions department in the early 1980s.
shavethewhales:
Awesome photo! People keep telling me about the cannon being fired, but part of me didn't think it was this actual cannon. So glad to see real photographic evidence!
oldsdcer:
At one point in the late 60's, I remember them firing the cannons as a competition between Union and Confederate soldiers. They would shoot concrete filled oil cans at a target in the valley. That would probably take out Wildfire today.
BKtoys:
I worked at the gunshot late 70 s early 80 s. Wayne, or Jay, George Bohn, Bonnie, other street people would come down every day for 1 lb. of 1f black powder for the cannon. Every single day for years.
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