Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: The national anthem is regularly performed or sung in schools and armed forces camps at ceremonies held at the beginning and\/or the end of each day , during which the national flag is also raised and lowered and the national pledge is taken .
Simplified: The national anthem is regularly performed or sung in schools and military camps at ceremonies held at the beginning and\/or the end of each day . At these ceremonies , the national flag is also raised and lowered , and the national pledge is said .