They can hoist the skull-and-crossbones, tie pirate knots, learn how to fire a cannon and more, the museum's Web site says.

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Twenty people were killed when German planes attacked Newport with bombs and cannon fire in April 1943.

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The Central Banks of Europe and the U.S. have been coming under cannon fire from all sides.

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In Washington, the sound of cannon fire echoed through the streets Tuesday as Army units practiced for the ceremonies.

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And all our hearts afire, the sky ablaze with cannon fire, we all raise our voices to the air, to the air.

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On 2 September 1561, Mary Queen of Scots and her royal party set out on a royal entry into Edinburgh, travelling from Holyrood House along the Royal Mile to the sound of cannon fire.

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Log cottages are sinking into a soil which gives up evidence of the siege: cannon shot, wooden shovels, barley blackened by fire.

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