Through The Years

“Boomer” The Original Touchdown Cannon The Citadel tradition of firing cannon shots to celebrate a touchdown began in Johnson-Hagood Stadium at the September 29, 1956 football game against Davidson College. When a cheerleader asked Cadet Clarence Criswell, ’58, to fire his small brass Lyle gun he kept in his room in the barracks, Criswell agreed.  [...]