Hello my fellow patriots. I know this is something that seems to be accepted but I saw some debate about it earlier today. I have done research on this and came across this website and the person has done some really great research on it and provides a sufficient amount of evidence and references: https://write-aholic.com/why-didnt-biden-get-a-presidential-battery-salute/
Biden did not receive a Presidential 21-gun salute.
From my own findings here is what I found that I didn't see in the article above: During ceremonies, the platoon fires 3-inch antitank guns mounted on a 105-mm howitzer chassis. Three-man crews, consisting of a watchman (time keeper), loader and gunner, fire at intervals from three to eight seconds, depending on the type of ceremony. from: https://home.army.mil/jbmhh/index.php/teamJBMHH/units-tenants/TOG/presidential-salute-battery
Only two were fired for Biden. The intervals were not 3-8 seconds. That was not a standard Presidential 21 Gun Salute.
I was going to say... "maybe it was because it wasn't noon yet, Biden took the oath 15min early!"
But no. Turns out that the 21 Guns Salute is for
So... yes, Biden, being the president-elect (allegedly) should have received one even if it wasn't noon. But he didn't have it. There's no excuse.
Not only that, but foreign dignitaries can receive 21 gun salutes when visiting installations... such as Arlington National Cemetery. But what's the difference between a presidential salute and a foreign dignitary's salute?
Well here is Obama visiting
3+1 gun battery configuration, 3 second intervals
And here is Jordan's Secretary of Defense visiting
2+1 gun battery configuration, 9 second intervals
And here is Biden visiting
2+1 gun battery configuration, 9 second intervals
Not only was Biden denied the salute following his oath at the 'inauguration', but Biden was received at Arlington National Cemetery as though he were a visiting foreign dignitary.
Nice examples! I found the manual but they said 5 seconds for foreign dignitaries... This is a very interesting “oddity”.
Same. But I've never seen video of 5 seconds which in and of itself is revealing.
As I have noted with another reasonable skeptic, just because you've found one set of regs does not mean you've found them all. These things are layered like onions and the less general they are the harder they are to find. This could be an Arlington thing, a 3rd Infantry thing, a revised doctrine thing, who knows what.