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@chipjumper "Abide with Me"

@sgtP77 Two parades a week between Memorial Day and Labor Day--Tuesday night at Iwo Jima memorial, Friday night at Marine Barracks 8th and I Streets SE. No reservations needed for Tuesday, but reserve well in advance for Friday. Check the Marine Barracks website for details.

And those in dark blue uniforms are from the U.S. Army Chorus, part of the Army Band (Pershing's Own).

@loveGGThere is a difference between Army/Air Force and Navy/Marine Corps customs. In the USA/USAF, the flag is hoisted while reveille is sounded. It is lowered at retreat (1700). The bugle call "Retreat" is sounded, the gun is fired, and the flag is lowered while "To the Color" is sounded. I...

@rustyfan022000 Not *any* guns--three volleys by a squad of riflemen. And there is no gun (i.e. artillery) salute prescribed for Medal of Honor recipients other than what they would receive by virtue of their rank.

@lothow Drum majors in the top U.S. military bands wear bearskin caps for the same reason the British guards regiments do--they saw a foreign unit wearing them and thought they looked impressive. The British copied the bearskin from Napoleon's Imperial Guard; the U.S. bands copied it from the Br...

Listen to the one of the RM bands recorded with an amateur hand-held video camera and it will sound just as bad. Check on the US Marine Band on their own website and you'll hear a world of difference.

@SnakedoctorAlpha Not the 3rd Infantry Division, but the 3d Infantry Regiment. The 3d ID is a mechanized division based at Ft. Stewart, Georgia.