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    A military funeral is a memorial or burial rite given by a country's military for a soldier, sailor, marine or airman who died in battle, a veteran, or...
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    as religious overtones and distinctive elements of military tradition. Generally, state funerals are held in order to involve the general public in a...
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    A military funeral in the United States is a memorial or burial rite conducted by the United States Armed Forces for a Soldier, Marine, Sailor, Airman...
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    Sharon "the greatest field commander in our history". Upon leaving the military, Sharon entered politics, joining the Likud party, and served in a number...
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    Funerary practices in different cultures A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with...
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    Administered by the Military District of Washington (MDW), a command unit of the Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region, state funerals are greatly...
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  • also used for marches played by a military band at military funerals. The custom of accompanying the solemn funeral procession with instrumental music...
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    Taps (bugle call) (category Military life)
    a military day, and during patriotic memorial ceremonies and military funerals conducted by the United States Armed Forces. The official military version...
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    time, military authorities began making arrangements for a state funeral. Army Major General Philip C. Wehle, the commanding general of the Military District...
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    by Queen Elizabeth II, the funeral involved more than 1,000 police and security personnel, nine military bands, 18 military battalions, 16 English Electric...
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    Phelps shielded the group from tort liability for a 2006 protest at a military funeral. WBC also files its own lawsuits via a Phelps family law firm (eleven...
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    attention for his homophobic views and protests near the funerals of gay people, AIDS victims, military veterans, and disaster victims who he believed were...
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    an Orthodox bishop dies, his mandyas (mantle) is used as a pall. Military funerals often use the nation's flag as a pall. In the United Kingdom, members...
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    interment at the Reagan Presidential Library. The state funeral was executed by the Military District of Washington (MDW). Reagan was the first former...
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    Military rites are honors presented at a funeral for a member of a military or police force. These rites, which are performed (usually) at the burial...
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    Military bands also play a part in military funeral ceremonies. There are two types of historical traditions in military bands. The first is military...
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    Three-volley salute (category Military life)
    ceremonial act performed at military funerals and sometimes also police funerals. The custom likely originates with Roman funeral rites. Dirt would be cast...
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    greeted by a military escort, transported to St. Martin's Episcopal Church and laid in repose until the following morning. A second funeral service for...
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    Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Arlington National Cemetery) (category Military monuments and memorials in the United States)
    presented by U.S. presidents who presided over their funerals. The tomb is watched over by a military sentinel, with a regular changing of the guard ceremony...
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    depending on an individual's rank, location, and circumstances. A military funeral, for example, requires stricter etiquette than on a normal day. Courtesies...
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    infection. Following a private funeral at 301 Hospital and cremation at Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, a state funeral for Deng was held at the Great...
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    Capital Region (JFHQ-NCR)/Military District of Washington (MDW), which oversees the military and ceremonial portions of state funerals, assisted President Ford...
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    lifespan, the custom known as the death knell. The majority of military rehearsals for the funeral procession took place at Pirbright Camp and a full dress...
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    the membership of his funeral committee. On the morning of 19 December, all work units, schools, government agencies, and military personnel were informed...
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    Sherman Hemsley (category Pages using infobox military person with embed)
    body ended when Judge Patricia Chew ruled in favor of Enchinton. A military funeral was planned for Hemsley. He was interred at Fort Bliss National Cemetery...
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    between locations since Queen Victoria's funeral (1901), it is also accompanied by a procession of military bands and detachments along with mourners...
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  • Arkansas Military Funeral Honors Service Ribbon (Picture Unavailable) California National Guard State Awards: California Medal of Valor California Military Cross...
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  • fallen soldiers and officers at military funerals and holders of high office with a military connection in state funerals to their final resting place....
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    Individual members of the Order are granted a military funeral. Members of the Order are granted VIP seats during military ceremonies, the annual address of parliament...
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    74. He was given a state funeral in Moscow on 9 March, with four days of national mourning declared. On the day of the funeral, hundreds of thousands of...
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