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A-2  \nOverview of Chapel Service .................................................................................... A-2  \nOverview of Graveside Service ............................................................................... A-4  \nCremated Remains ................................................................................................. A-5  \nCasket Team Guidelines ......................................................................................... A-6  \nGENERAL  \na. Funeral services of great magnificence evolved as custom in Christian mourning in the 6th century. To this day, no religious ceremonies are conducted with more pomp than those intended to commemorate the departed.  \nb. The funerals of firefighters, more than any other ceremony, have followed an old pattern as the living honor the brave dead.  \nc. The first general mourning proclaimed in America was on the death of Benjamin Franklin in 1791 and the next on the death of George Washington in 1799. The deep and widespread grief occasioned by the death of the first President assembled a great number of people for the purpose of paying him a last tribute of respect, and on December 18th, 1799, attended by military honors and the simplest but grandest ceremonies of religion, his body was deposited in the family vault at Mount Vernon, Virginia.  \nd. Several military traditions employed today have been brought forward from the past. Today’s customary three volleys fired over a grave probably originated as far back as the Roman Empire. The Roman funeral rites of casting dirt three times on the coffin constituted the “burial.” It was customary among the Romans to call the dead three times by name, which ended the funeral ceremony, after which the friends and relatives of the deceased pronounced the word “vale”(farewell) three times as they departed from the tomb. In more recent history, three musket volleys were fired to announce that the burial was complete and the burial party was ready for battle again. The custom of using a caisson to carry a coffin most likely had its origins in the 1800’s when horse-drawn caissons that pulled artillery pieces also doubled as a conveyance to clear fallen soldiers from the battlefield. In the mid to late 1800’s a funeral procession of a mounted officer or enlisted man was accompanied by a riderless horse in mourning comparison followed by a hearse. It was also a custom to have the boots of the deceased thrown over the saddle with heels to the front signifying that his march was ended.  \nOVERVIEW OF CHAPEL SERVICE  \na. This overview can apply to any venue that the memorial service is held, but for the purpose of this manual we will refer to the venue as a chapel.  \nb. Before the beginning of the service, the funeral escort is formed in line facing the chapel.  \nc. Members of the immediate family, relatives, and friends of the deceased are requested and escorted into the chapel and seated before the casket is taken in. Members of the immediate family and relatives occupy pews (seats) to the right front of the chapel.  \nd. The hearse bearing the remains should arrive in front of the chapel a few moments before the time set for the service to begin. As the hearse approaches, the escort commander commands “Attention” and he salutes until the hearse stops in front of the chapel. When all is in readiness to move the casket into the chapel, the commander of the escort commands “Present, Arms.” The band, if applicable, renders the honors followed by a hymn. Atthe first note of the hymn, the casket is moved from the hearse by the active pallbearers and carried between the ranks of honoraries and into the chapel. 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