A specialty platoon of the 3rd US Infantry Regiment ( The Old Guard ), the Presidential Salute Battery is based at Fort Myer, Virginia.

The Presidential Salute Battery also participates in A Capitol Fourth, the Washington Independence Day celebration ; the guns accompany the National Symphony Orchestra in performing the " 1812 Overture ".

This is often used with the precautionary General / Commander's Salute or Royal / Presidential / Prime Minister's Salute, when appropriate.

File: 3-inch-gun-arlington-19980810. jpg | Members of the Presidential Salute Guns Battery of the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment " The Old Guard " render a gun salute using three-inch anti-tank guns ( modified to 75mm caliber ) during a military funeral held at Arlington National Cemetery on August 10, 1998.

A gun salute being fired by the 3rd US Infantry Regiment ( The Old Guard ) | United States Army Presidential Salute Guns Battery.

In 1842, the United States declared the 21-gun salute as its ' Presidential Salute.

`` I understand [ Hearst ] is a candidate for Presidential honors '', Devery said without cracking a smile.

In the first place our business is foreign policy, and it is the business of the Presidential leadership and his appointees in the Department to consider the domestic political aspects of a problem.

Brigitte Bardot is supporting Front National candidate Marine Le Pen in the 2012 French Presidential Election.

The Ministry of Defence controls the Revolutionary National Guard, which is mainly for ceremonials and parades, but also for the defence of the Presidential institution and the Capital.

As an example according to the Italian laws it is mandatory for most public offices and buildings to hoist the European Flag alongside the Italian national Flag ( Law 22 / 2000 and Presidential Decree 121 / 2000 ).

While the pending Second Chance Act which may change this, at present the only relief that an individual prosecuted in federal court may receive is a Presidential Pardon, which does not expunge the conviction, but rather grants relief from the civil disabilities that stem from it.

Zone One is the Historic Center, ( Centro Histórico ), lying in the very heart of the city, the location of many important historic buildings including the Palacio Nacional de la Cultura ( National Palace of Culture ), the Metropolitan Cathedral, the National Congress, the Casa Presidencial ( Presidential House ), the National Library and Plaza de la Constitución ( Constitution Plaza, old Central Park ).

Presidential systems are a notable feature of constitutions in the Americas, including those of the Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela ; this is generally attributed to the strong influence of the United States in the region, and as the United States Constitution served as an inspiration and model for the Latin American wars of independence of the early 19th century.

The first entirely Catholic English language publication published in Buenos Aires, The Southern Cross is an Argentine newspaper founded on January 16, 1875 by Dean Patricio Dillon, an Irish immigrant, a deputy for Buenos Aires Province and president of the Presidential Affairs Commission amongst other positions.

* 1977 – Martin Luther King, Jr. is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

In the final October 9, 1996 Vice Presidential Debate against Al Gore ( held as the Dole – Kemp ticket trailed badly in the national polls ), Kemp was soundly beaten, and Al Gore's performance is considered one of the best modern debate performances.

In the early twenty-first century, the Ministry of State for Defence, just like that of Internal Security and Provincial Administration, is part of the vast Presidential machinery.

Another museum in Khartoum is the Palace Museum, located adjacent to the historical Presidential Palace on Blue Nile Street.

This money is meant to support the Presidential election of 2011 and the General Election of 2014.

He is the Robert Andrews Millikan Professor of Theoretical Physics Emeritus at Caltech, a Distinguished Fellow and co-founder of the Santa Fe Institute, Professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department of the University of New Mexico, and the Presidential Professor of Physics and Medicine at the University of Southern California.

He is currently the Robert Andrews Millikan Professor of Theoretical Physics Emeritus at Caltech as well as a University Professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico and the Presidential Professor of Physics and Medicine at the University of Southern California.

This would mean the government of Niger would carry out scheduled parliamentary elections in September, two months early, and a referendum on a new constitution before Presidential elections which can take place no later than December, assuming the 1999 constitution is in effect.

The current Chairman of the Board of Trustees of National Geographic is Gilbert Melville Grosvenor, who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005 for the Society's leadership for Geography education.

Since 1989, the director of NIST has been a Schedule-C Presidential appointee and is confirmed by the United States Senate, and since that year the average tenure of NIST directors has fallen from 11 years to 2 years in duration.

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is an award bestowed by the President of the United States and is — along with the

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is similar in name to the Medal of Freedom established by President Harry S. Truman in 1945 to honor civilian service during World War II, but much closer in meaning and precedence to the Medal for Merit: the Presidential Medal of Freedom is currently the supreme civilian decoration in precedence, whereas the Medal of Freedom was inferior in precedence to the Medal for Merit ; the Medal of Freedom was awarded by any of three Cabinet secretaries, whereas the Medal for Merit was ( and the PMOF is ) awarded by the president.

A longer version of the video ( based on the " Hibakusha " mix ) included an introductory cut-up monologue by Richard Nixon taken from an ad from his 1960 US Presidential campaign (" No .. firm diplomacy ... No .. peace for America and the world "), plus similar contributions from other world leaders, including Lord Beaverbrook, Yasser Arafat and John F. Kennedy.

The badge of the Presidential Medal of Freedom is in the form of a golden star with white enamel, with a red enamel pentagon behind it ; the central disc bears thirteen gold stars on a blue enamel background ( taken from the Great Seal of the United States ) within a golden ring.

Since 1946 the Independence Day reception has taken place at the Presidential Palace every year with four exceptions.

Photo taken at the 2005 U. S. Presidential inauguration protest.

Unlike the Presidential $ 1 coins from before 2009, " In God We Trust " remains on the obverse and the vacant space on the edge lettering has been taken up by thirteen stars, symbolizing the Thirteen Colonies.

The Collar of the Order was used de facto as the badge of office of the President of the Republic, since the original Presidential collar, that of the Order of the National Coat of Arms was taken from Estonia to the Kremlin after the Soviet occupation of the country in 1940, where it remains to this day.

Also, “ If anybody in your family has ever been found guilty of anything you can ’ t vote in the Presidential Election .” Finally, “ If you violate any of these laws, you can get 10 years in prison and your children will be taken away from you .” Another method, allegedly used in Cook County, Illinois in 2004, is to falsely tell particular people that they are not eligible to vote .< ref name = autogenerated2 >

President Richard Nixon ’ s Official Presidential Photograph, taken in 1971

Presidential buildings in Libreville were set on fire and the French consul-general and ten oil company employees were taken hostage.

The first took place on May 1, 2010, where, following a speech delivered to hundreds at Lafayette Park, Gutiérrez marched with protesters to the White House and refused to leave until Presidential action was taken on immigration reform or he was arrested.

No actions were taken by the agent in the right front seat of the Presidential limousine Kellerman to cover the President with his body, although it would have been consistent with Secret Service procedure for him to have done so.

The Company's motto is commerce and honest friendship with all, taken from Thomas Jefferson's inaugural Presidential speech.

He is also — contrary to Robin Williams ' portrayal — a " lifelong card-carrying Republican ", having taken an " active role " in both Bob Dole's 1996 and George W. Bush's 2004 Presidential campaigns.

Josh leaves his position at the White House to run the dark horse Presidential campaign of Congressman Matt Santos of Texas ; leaving his legislate portfolio to be taken up by Clifford Calley.

However, important questions remain open and the battle is not yet over, as he states in his 1983 Presidential Address of the Econometric Society ( 1986, Econometrica ):`` At the present time, I am far from being able to present a convincing argument which relates the structure of neighbourhood systems ( i. e., test sets ) to the administrative arrangements that might be taken by a large industrial enterprise .” Up to this very moment, his struggle goes on.

Headed and mainly funded by Manuel Elizalde, Jr., eldest son of a Filipino millionaire, but sometimes funded by the Philippine government under President Ferdinand Marcos, PANAMIN has been taken to mean both Private Association for National Minorities or Presidential Arm for National Minorities.

** William M. Gallagher of Flint ( Mich .) Journal, for a photo of ex-Governor Adlai E. Stevenson with a hole in his shoe taken during the 1952 Presidential campaign.

* 1953: William M. Gallagher of the Flint ( Mich .) Journal for Ex-Governor Adlai E. Stevenson, a photo of Adlai Stevenson with a hole in his shoe taken during the 1952 Presidential Campaign.