Military rites
Funeral honors
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, include the firing of rifles, presenting of a flag and or bugle calls. In Australia and New Zealand a Poppy Service is often held for members of the Armed Forces. This includes a short reading by a member of the Returned Services League of Australia or, in New Zealand, the Returned Services Association, the laying of red poppies on the coffin by all present, the playing of the Last Post (or Taps in the United States), Reveille, and recitation of the Ode of Remembrance.
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- Taps Caspar Weinberger.jpg by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, Public domain
- Unknown Soldier at the Washington Navy Yard.jpg by Unknown author, See file page
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