Record #:

13325

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

This New Year's Eve, around 20 Gaston County residents will spend between 16 and 18 hours travelling from door to door, serenading friends and family with a salute of musket fire. Loaded with black powder for a guaranteed loud and smoky salutation, the New Year Shooters are carrying out a German Tradition numbering some 200 years in practice.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 22 Issue 16, Jan 1955, p10-11, 41, il, por

Subject(s):

New Year; Gaston County--History; Firearms