Retreat is played for the lowering of the colors(flag).
TAPS has nothing to do with the lowering of the flag, this is played at multiple ceremonies and around 2200 HOURS(Lights Out).
(THIS MAKES NO SENSE)To the Colors is played when the Flag is lowered Retreat is played on military bases with the lowering of the COLORS(FLAG).
the flag is raised and lowered when you first walk in the flag is raised and lowered when you first walk in
Retreat is played during the lowering of the colors(flag). TAPS(Lights Out) is not.
Flags are supposed to be lowered at night. You generally raise the flag at colours (0800) and lower them at sunset. If 0800 is before dawn, you raise the flag at 0800, lower it immediately, then raise the flag again at dawn.
The flag has never been lowered! Because it is such a wonderful falg
if the U.S. flag is used to cover a casket at a funeral can the flag be lowered into the grave?
Flags flown from tall masts can be flown 24 hours if illuminated at night. Flags flying from short poles have to be lowered at sunset.
Yes, that is the final act of the closing ceremony. After the president of the International Olympic Committee pronounces the Olympics ended the flame is extinguished and, while the Olympic anthem is played, the Olympic flag is lowered and carried horizontally from the stadium.
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The only one that 'can't' be lowered is flying on the moon. With proper lighting, any American flag can be flown around the clock.
Hoisting the flag during a sports meet is a way to show respect and honor to the country. It is lowered after the game because this is a respectful way to treat the flag. It is said that the flag should be lowered at the end of the day.
The hammer and sickle Soviet flag last flew over the Kremlin on the night of December 25 - 26th 1991. Gorbachev resigned as President of the USSR that night and the Soviet flag was lowered at midnight. The flag was then replaced by the old tricolor of Imperial Russia which was raised over the Kremlin dome for the first time since 1917.