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Trump and Xi stood in the centre as a Chinese military band played The Star-Spangled Banner and then the Chinese national anthem as cannons fired.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

They then set off on their journey to cheers and clapping, through a balloon arch with confetti cannons.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

“Buy to the sound of cannons, sell to the sound of trumpets.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

Embassy is located, before they were dispersed amid thick clouds of smoke and what appeared to be water cannons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

After riding Sunshine, a group of us played at Civil War games, enacting the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, skirmishing with wooden swords and firing log cannons.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly