The Salute to the 50 States had to be one of the most impressive parts of the day. One by one the name of each state was called, out along with the date they became a state was listed in the order of their admission to the union. As each name was called out a gun from battery of six 120mm howitzers from the 1st Battery of the 320th Field Artillery fired a single shot in salute. Flame erupted from the barrels of the artillery piece as the loud report echoed across the field.