Many tribes even have their own national anthems known as flag songs that focus on veterans. Singers sit around a drum, starting a melody and slow beat before the words of flag songs repeat. The flag songs also are sung while the U.S. flag is lowered and raised on tribal land, many times by veterans and using a flag given to a deceased veteran's family. "If they want to raise the flag, that flag song is sung, everyone is going to stand up." Ira Hayes, was among the group that raised the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima in World War II.

Source: Fox News November 25, 2017 18:39 UTC