Ceremony : Retiring of Colors

Will the audience please rise? (Pause.)
- The color guard waits in the back of the room for the audience to rise and become quiet.
Color guard, advance.
- The U.S. flag guard and bearer and pack flag guard and bearer walk down the aisle and to the flags. They stand behind the flags, facing the audience.
Color guard, salute.
- The guards and bearers salute.
Color guard, retire the colors.
- The U.S. flag is removed first (just slightly ahead of the pack flag).
Hand salute.
- Everyone, with the exception of the guards and bearers, salutes. The U.S. flag stays on its “marching right” as the guards and bearers proceed down the aisle to the rear of the room.
Two.
- Everyone drops the salute.