 Feux de joie also mark annual national or army days in, e.g., Canada, Malta, Nepal and Singapore.A spectacular feu de joie ran up and down double lines of infantrymen at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, on 6 May 1778 to celebrate the alliance between the newly independent United States of America with France.The men were placed in specified positions to fire a feu de joie with muskets and cannon—three times three discharges of thirteen cannon.At the first the army huzzaed, "Long live the King of France"; at the second, "Long live the friendly European powers"; and at the third there was a shout, "The American States."