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  2. Military funerals in the United States - Wikipedia

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    "Honoring Those Who Served" is the title of the program for instituting a dignified military funeral with full honors to the nation's veterans. As of January 1, 2000, Section 578 of Public Law 106-65 of the National Defense Authorization Act mandates that the United States Armed Forces shall provide the rendering of honors in a military funeral ...

  3. He had no family. He was not famous. Yet hundreds attended ...

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    The U.S. Navy veteran died Dec. 1 in hospice care at age 97, according to his obituary, and Lebanon, New Hampshire resident Kevin Dougherty, one of more than 200 attendees at the funeral.

  4. Hundreds attend the burial of Vietnam War vet Charles ... - AOL

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    Hundreds of strangers attended Charles Connolly's funeral Friday, paying tribute to the veteran who died homeless and without family. Zane Razzaq writes about housing and real estate. Reach her at ...

  5. Patriot Guard Riders - Wikipedia

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    The group forms a voluntary honor guard at military burials, helps protect mourners from harassment and fills out the ranks at burials of indigent and homeless veterans. In addition to attending funerals, the group also greets troops returning from overseas at homecoming celebrations and performs volunteer work for veteran's organizations such ...

  6. Will military funeral honors cease to exist? Concerns rise as ...

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    Michelle Ray, 70, of West Jefferson, lost her husband Tom in December. He was a U.S. Army veteran who served in Vietnam and had military funeral honors performed by the Hilliard VFW Post Honor ...

  7. Military funeral - Wikipedia

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    "Honoring Those Who Served" is the title of the program for instituting a dignified military funeral with full honors to the nation's veterans. As of January 1, 2000, Section 578 of Public Law 106-65 of the National Defense Authorization Act mandates that the United States Armed Forces shall provide the rendering of honors in a military funeral ...

  8. State funerals in the United States - Wikipedia

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    During the funeral service, military top brass sit in the north transept and extended family members sit in the south transept, if the funeral service is held at Washington National Cathedral. The length of these religious services has varied. More recent ones have tended to include multiple eulogies and thus have been longer.

  9. Veteran comes out as gay in obituary: 'Now that my secret is ...

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    The obituary included a painting of a man, seemingly Ryan, in his military uniform. By the evening of June 12, around 150 people had written messages of support for the late veteran in the ...