Color and Honor Guard Order of Parade

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Order of Parade
Order of Preference for Color/Honor Guard units in a Parade

First in order of preference would be a multi-Service unit that carries flags for each of the branches of the Military

Next in order of preference would be individual units representing a specific branch, in this order ...

Next in order of preference would be units representing Veterans Service Organizations (VSOs) chartered by the U.S. Congress, in alphabetical order ...

Next in order of preference would be units representing First Responder departments, in this order ...

[/i] Federal, state, county, city (capitol city first and then alphabetically), town, township, unincorporated[/ul]
Next in order of preference would be units representing civic and patriotic groups, in alphabetical order

Next in order of preference would be non-Military-affiliated units representing schools, in this order ...