I love ships! This is a nicely done coin; I especially like the little gold inlay. So now for the memory this evokes: In high school (many,many,many years ago) I played the flute in the band (I still play today). Our high school band was fairly large, but there was this piece of music we would play called the 1812 Overture. Musically, it told the story of the war, with it building to the actual battle. Now think about what I'm about to say......we would have someone in the balcony of the high school auditorium with a couple of shotguns loaded with blanks and when we got to that part of the music, they would shoot them off inside to simulate the war. It was extremely intense and a total sensory overload, and we loved every minute of it!
Sadly, in today's world, you could never do what we did back then. Thanks for sharing friend, and have a lovely day!
I have seen several presentations of Tchaikovsky's Overture 1812. In one of them not only were utilized cannons, but a church's carillon.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed it to commemorate the successful Russian defense against Napoleon's invading army in 1812.
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Thank you for sending me the link! I've not heard this in years and it still brings chill bumps to me! And, lots of memories!