What is the fanfare that is played before the president, a general or other high ranking official arrives?
Ruffles and Flourishes are sounded to render military honors and precede prescribed music for persons being honored.
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By spring, 1864 the US government was running out of room in cemeteries to hold the dead who were dying at high rate. In May…
From the America Studies at the University of Virginia It is interesting to note that on Easter Sunday in 1865, the martyrdom of Abraham Lincoln…
Some information on Military Funerals Honors and news stories. Below is the directive from the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding Military Funeral Honors NEW PROCEDURES…
