Happy 4th of July everyone!
Get yourself over to Norris, TN this weekend if you can, and treat yourself and the family to an authentic Appalachian Fourth of July tradition: the anvil shoot.
The Museum of Appalachia will be celebrating the day with an explosion of sound. Says their website: Folks as far as 15 miles away have reported hearing our Anvil Shoot, and certainly everyone gathered for the excitement feels the earth shake under their feet.
Anvil shooting used to be a fairly common way that rural folks celebrated special events--they "shot the anvil" to celebrate the nation’s Independence, Christmas, and even Davy Crockett’s election to the U.S. Congress. A few years ago, two men, each more than 100 years old, watched the Museum’s anvil shoot and recalled this tradition from their early boyhood.
So shooting the anvil has come to be the highlight of the Museum's fabulous July 4th Celebration. Along with the big boom several times during the day, there are patriotic ceremonies and lots of music—the old-time mountain music and folk tunes of the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
So what exactly do they do to the anvils? www.satisfiedsole.com
Pam Walter said...
1:50 PM
Hmm. Maybe I should have run a 'before and after' photo here! This shot would be the 'before' photo. See that little gap between the 2 anvils? You place gunpowder in there, with a fuse sticking out. Light that sucker, and the top anvil goes flying up maybe 100 feet in the air. Not something you want to do right next to the house!
Dave Tabler said...
8:15 AM
Not something you want to do right next to the house! hmmm
it means it does not work right???
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