FIRE!!!

Musketeers give a salute during the parade in the village square.
Some more information on what Pentecost meant to the Order in the 16th/17th centuries: . According to evidence found in documents, the knights of St. John believed that on the day of Pentecost, the sea used to make certain movements which would indicate that, as from the day after, the weather would be good, and the sea would be calm enough for the ships of the Order to set sail in the Mediterranean and allow them to attack ships belonging to the Turkish empire or to their North African allies.
Joke: Thinking his son would enjoy seeing the re-enactment of a 17th century battle between the Order and the Turkish invaders, Joe took his five-year old son, Will, to one such event but the poor child was terrified by the crack of musketry fire. During a lull, Joe finally got him calmed down.
That's when the captain of the Order’s musketeers hollered, "Fire at will!"
Thank you so much for looking and for the lovely comments on yesterday's picture.

[Sue]

Fantastic shot Dione. And the narrative is great. I love your stories, they tell so much of the history. (Love the joke too)

[Maggiemae]

Capturing the exact time these muskets went off was extremely well planned and of course, known it would happen! Lots of flags mean something too, I expect! fav

[Suse♡]

Full of color & action. As always enjoyed your jokes

[Rick Schies]

Let the celebration begin

[Howard Steele]

great action shot

[Camille Bisson]

timed you shot perfectly, and great information in your narrative, very interesting read.

[gloria jones]

Neat action shot, colors, composition

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[Danny G.]

Great joke and shot

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great shot and perfect timing.

[Harry J Benson]

great timing and capture, fun joke :)

[Margaret Brown]

Lovely action capture

[Pyrrhula]

Great shot of this beautiful event.
To day they just walk to us .

[Carole Imes]

I enjoyed your narrative. What a great capture of this event. Must have been something to see and you caught the smoke so well.

[Phil Howcroft]

the gunpowder smoke makes the shot dione, excellent viewpoint too

[KWind]

Great shot, of what looks like a fabulous event.

[Islandgirl]

Lovely action shot, very cool costumes!

[Taffy]

Funny joke, and terrific shot of the festivities.

[Cathie]

Thanks for the background (and joke) and for the photo, Dione.

[Dione Giorgio]

@sioux @maggiemae @susale @digitalrn @steeler @catsmeowb @seattlite @kerristephens @soboy5 @mittens @hjbenson @craftymeg @pyrrhula @cimes1 @phil_howcroft @kwind @radiogirl @taffy @cathieg Many thanks for your comments and for the fav's.

[Sally Ings]

It must be quite a sight to see, fabulous street capture. Loved the joke as well.

[Ivan]

Impressive image!

[Nina Ganci]

brilliant timing! Love your history, so informative. Thanks for sharing
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[tony gig]

Instant Fav Dione...

[alia_801]

Great capture - I love the costumes too.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Great action shot! Poor Will!