I've always assumed that they were blank charges ;-) Actually, there are 4 cannons that they fire off in sequence. Of course, if they fired in the other direction it would be aimed right at the window of my office.
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/17/04 10:46AM >>> What's the cadet gonna do with that c*****? Is he gonna blast the school building <LOL>? Shouldn't the thing be pointed AWAY from the building? Steve Desjardins wrote: > > As I have mentioned before, Virginia Military Institute is right next > door to Washington and Lee. I was over there yesterday while they were > parading, and caught this: > > http://home.wlu.edu/~desjardi/ > > As always, comments are welcome.

