Beginning in 1962, he began shooting anvils four times a year to celebrate the Fourth of July, Christmas, New Year’s, and Armistice Day. The first time she got to shoot an anvil herself was 1972 ...

The Museum of Appalachia marks every Independence Day with an old-fashioned anvil shoot. The museum uses gunpowder to launch ao 200-pound anvil hundreds of feet into the air.

The English language needs a word for “awesome and dangerous simultaneously”. We recently ran into the strange pastime of anvil shooting on YouTube (where else?). The idea is that you p… ...

The object is to propel the anvil up as high as you can and have it land close to its base. Columbia residents Mark, Dianne, and Curtis Bollinger are national anvil shooting champions.

NORRIS, Tenn — The Museum of Appalachia celebrates Independence Day by launching a gunpowder-filled anvil high into the sky. The anvil shoot is the centerpiece of a celebration that includes a ...