Salutes may be fired with personal weapons, field pieces, or ship’s cannons. The origins of such salutes...
Flowers have traditionally been laid on graves and memorials in memory of the dead. Rosemary, symbolizing...
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn....
The tradition of reversing and resting on arms – that is, leaning on a weapon held upside down – has...
Since Roman times, bugles or horns had been used as signals to command soldiers on the battlefield and...
The origins of the lone piper are obscure, although a lone piper has been a feature of Scottish military...
At commemoration services, the sounding of The Last post is usually followed by silence for one or two...
