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On the day of burial, a 21-minute gun salute traditionally is fired starting at noon at all military installations with the necessary personnel and material. Guns will be fired at one-minute intervals. Also on the day of burial, those installations will fire a 50-gun salute—one round for each
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The number of gun salutes fired at military parades depends on how many years of a specific event it is commemorating. For example, a 100-gun salute was fired at the CPC Centenary service in 2021.
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2536:AR 600-25 Salutes, Honors, and Visits of Courtesy
2120:"Aquino welcomed with 21-gun salute in Indonesia"
2087:. Harrison & Sons, Ltd. 1945. pp. 44–45.
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2071:"Egypt's Revolution and the Lessons for Today"
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2400:"Queen's Regulations for the Army"
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1434:Commandant of the Marine Corps
1342:President of the United States
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858:Speaker of the Parliament
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483:The King-Emperor of India
2432:13 November 2009 at the
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554:Governor of French India
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1961:"Royal Birthday Salute"
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864:Commander in Chief
860:Swedish Ambassador
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