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Line 46: The song "The Caissons Go Rolling Along" refers to these; the version adopted as the [[United States Army\|U.S. Army's]] [[The Army Goes Rolling Along\|official song]] has, among other changes, replaced the word ''caissons'' with ''Army''. ~~[[Limbers and caissons\|Caisson]]s~~Caissons are used for burials at [[Arlington National Cemetery]] and for [[State funeral]]s for United States government dignitaries including the [[President of the United States]] for the remains to be carried by members of [[3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)\|The Old Guard's]] Caisson Platoon. When the [[equipage]] is used in this way for a State funeral in [[United Kingdom\|Britain]], the coffin is usually placed on a platform mounted on top of the gun and referred to as being carried on a [[gun carriage]]. For the funerals of British [[monarch]]s, there is a tradition that the horses be replaced by a detail from the [[Royal Navy]]. ==See also==

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