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What “scene” is this country song describing?

I’m, sorry. I’m not American. This song is describing something, but there are some American terms that I don’t get (Uncle Sam? folding flag etc..)

What is it describing?

The song: [b][i]One hell of an amen[/i][/b] by Brantley Gilbert.

[quote]Preacher said he’s gone too young.

Over there toting that gun, for Uncle Sam and our freedom.

Mom and daddy dressed in black.
They folded up that flag, handed it to dad and started praying.

Yeah, hear them 21 guns blazing….[/quote]
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Here's something about the 21 gun salute that you might like to read. I'm not going to break it down here because the site does a much better job of it than I could while also explaining the approach that other countries take to the salute.

https://history.army.mil/faq/salute.html