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The superintendent also argued separation of church and state, stating the flag is devoid of religious significance and does not involve any religious ceremony, and that giving the JWs right to exemption would disrupt school discipline and demoralize the rest of the school population, which by far constitutes the great majority.
Tiananmen Square flag at full-mast. Upon marching out of the Tiananmen Gate and the Golden Water Bridge, following the sounding of a fanfare, the unit commander for the Beijing Garrison Honor Guard Battalion orders the unit to begin goosestepping in slow time, when it crosses the bridge, it returns to its normal pace and splits off to have two formations on each side of the flagpole while the ...
Comment (Really, a bit of trivia:) In the US Army usage I remember, for morning flag-raising, the sequence goes: Reveille, morning gun, To the Color. The hoist commences at the first note of To the Color, with the flag reaching the top of its staff or pole at the last note.
Municipal flag of Maribojoc, Bohol: Stripe of green, white, and blue with a sun in the middle bearing the silhouette of a church Municipal flag of San Mateo, Rizal: Light sky blue field with a white stripe on the center bearing an eight-pointed sun and a palm frond Municipal flag of Bustos, Bulacan: 1995–present Flag of Cavite City: Flag of ...
A flag anthem is a patriotic song or ode dedicated to a flag, usually one of a country (in which case it is also known as a national flag anthem).It is often either sung or performed during or immediately before the raising or lowering of a flag during a ceremony.
The Scandinavian nation will soon become part of the military alliance following a formal flag-raising ceremony at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Sweden joins neighboring Finland as the second new ...
Posting the colors requires that a color guard team move the colors (usually the American flag, the state flag, the service flag, and the unit flag) from a carried position and placed into a stand. This formality is normally done at events such as graduation ceremonies and public events.
In the Boy Scouts of America, [3] To The Colors is recommended for both raising and lowering the flag (preceded by Retreat in the evening as per the US Army protocol). The Boy Scouts of America offer a Bugling Merit Badge, [ 4 ] requiring a Scout to properly sound a choice of ten of fifteen named bugle calls, of which To the Colors is one.