posting, colors, posting, colors, practice, conducted, military, color, guards, united, states, beginning, particular, ceremony, practice, also, done, girl, scouts, united, states, america, well, scouts, america, posting, colors, requires, that, color, guard, . The Posting of the Colors is a practice conducted by military color guards of the United States at the beginning of a particular ceremony The practice is also done by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America as well as the Boy Scouts of America Posting the colors requires that a color guard team move the colors usually the American flag the state flag the service flag and the unit flag from a carried position and placed into a stand This formality is normally done at events such as graduation ceremonies and public events Specifically it is done prior to the playing of The Star Spangled Banner or the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance In that case the color guard will present arms once the colors have been posted 1 2 3 A color guard of the 4th Infantry Division preparing to post the colorsSee also editMilitary colours standards and guidons Presentation of Colours Casing of the ColorsReferences edit Basic Flag Opening Ceremony Boy Scout Trail Retrieved 26 August 2022 All About Posting or Presenting Colors The DrillMaster Drillmaster 20 January 2018 Retrieved 26 August 2022 Presenting Colors www defense gov U S Department of Defense Retrieved 26 August 2022 nbsp Media related to Posting the Colours at Wikimedia Commons nbsp This military related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Posting the Colors amp oldid 1175990694, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
