Hi Bobby,

   The bands still do this - I just don't remember the location. On the
evening or 9/11 - the Arlington Symphony held a concert at the Netherlands
Carillion.  I can imagine how magnifiscant that 1812 must have sounded.

                                     Trisha

> Back in the '60's the military bands would give free concerts at an
> amphitheater on the Potomac. Once they did the 1812 Overture with 105
> howitzers and the Netherlands Peace Chimes during the  finale. It was very
> moving.
>
> Bobby