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In the Boy Scouts of America, [3] To The Colors is recommended for both raising and lowering the flag (preceded by Retreat in the evening as per the US Army protocol). The Boy Scouts of America offer a Bugling Merit Badge, [4] requiring a Scout to properly sound a choice of ten of fifteen named bugle calls, of which To the Colors is one.
The hoist commences at the first note of To the Color, with the flag reaching the top of its staff or pole at the last note. Similarly, Retreat is sounded before the evening gun, followed by To the Color as the flag is lowered, with similar synchronization of call and hoist. __ Just plain Bill 15:01, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
A bugle call is a short tune, originating as a military signal announcing scheduled and certain non-scheduled events on a military installation, battlefield, or ship. Historically, bugles , drums, and other loud musical instruments were used for clear communication in the noise and confusion of a battlefield.
This is because the bugle, for which it is written, can play only the notes in the harmonic series of the instrument's fundamental tone; a B-flat bugle thus plays the notes B-flat, D, and F. "Taps" uses the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth partials. Taps in C "Taps" is a bugle call—a signal, not a song. As such, there is no associated lyric.
On ships of the U.S. Navy, "First Call" is sounded at 07:55, five minutes ahead of "Morning Colors" (raising the national ensign), and 5 minutes before "Evening Colors" (lowering the national ensign). In the absence of a bugle, the word is passed, "First call, first call to colors."
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To the Color, a United States bugle call, equivalent to the national anthem, played on army posts when raising or lowering the national flag.
The flags were ordered to remain at half-staff for 30 days or until Jan. 29. While the country’s flag code dictates flags remain lowered following a president’s death, the code is not mandatory.