But veterans groups and the military have supported the Harper government's contention that all fallen soldiers are honored with the lowering of the flag on Remembrance Day, Canada's Veterans Day.
But the event had its somber moments: 343 firefighters stepped off, each carrying an American flag, in remembrance of the 343 firefighters lost on 9/11.
They also challenged deeply rooted cis discourse this year in opening up long overdue talks on how to address discrimination against the UK's trans community, which they symbolically reflected in the flying of the trans flag on government buildings for Trans Day of Remembrance.
In 2018, the flag was lowered five times for national days of remembrance.
He said this included putting in a system so flag staffs could be erect for parades on days of remembrance and improving the quality of the plaques.
In 1976, a patriotic throng lined the waterfront to witness more than 225 ships sailing under 31 national flags in remembrance of America's bicentennial.
The dispute began after a request to raise the transgender pride flag and fly it at half-mast on November 20, the Transgendered Day of Remembrance, was denied by the Merchants of Upper Market and Castro (MUMC), the stewards of the flag.
"What I would love to see is the county getting behind us and for those organisations who normally fly a flag, perhaps to fly it at half-mast as an appropriate act of remembrance for the soldiers being repatriated".
Equality House, the building across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, is making a bold move in honor of the Transgender Day Of Remembrance: painting the house the colors of the transgender flag.
But that was before the bodies arrived, the flags were draped with black ribbons and a local sports complex was turned into a hall of remembrance for 16 policemen killed in an ambush in Chechnya last week.
