What's the purpose of using "True" in the expression"True to American tradition"?Thanks.
Context:"True to American tradition, the band has just played “Hail to the Chief”, and the President has been honored by a 21-gun salute. "
What's the purpose of using "True" in the expression"True to American tradition"?Thanks.

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True in this case means the closest to tradition as possible. Being true to tradition is the same as being true to yourself. The most honest position possible. When a builder is looking to get the exact measurements and to be level he says it is 'true'. 
It is the best he can get.

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Example:

In the Fourth of July parade, the high school marching band performed music from Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade." People complained about their playing Russian music on a U.S. patriotic occasion. Next year, true to American tradition, they played Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever."

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You can read "true" to mean "faithful". In Esme's example of measurement, yes "true" can mean "exact", "accurate" or even "correlating".

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