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Poll Comments
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Do you know how to properly fold an American Flag?
[151 votes total]
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| Yes (98) |
 65% |
| No (53) |
 35% |
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Posted By: Shar
Posted On: 10 hr, 1 min. ago
Views: 6
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Folding the flag
I have been at several military events when the flag was folded and a
reading was done for each fold of the flag. It is very impressive.
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Posted By: Thomas Pellitieri
Posted On: 1 day ago
Views: 79
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Flags
Having been a Boy Scout in my youth, we learned how to properly fold the
US Flag, and it is done as already noted. The fold produces the shape
of a tri-cornered hat, which was commonly worn by the Revolutionaries.
Also, when folded properly, just four stars will appear on the face.
There's a good explanation online here:
http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagetiq.html
Regarding furled flags: Canadian Boy Scouts furl their flag. I only saw
it at a jamboree once, so I don't know the process, but they raised the
furled flag to the top of the pole and then unfurled it. I suspect that
a slip knot in the lanyard did this, and I must say it was rather
impressive to see the flag open that way. Raising the US Flag was
always a two-person job, because you had to unfold it to attach it to
the lanyard and support it as it was being raised to avoid having it
touch the ground.
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Posted By: Perelandra
Posted On: 2 days ago
Views: 123
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'fold' or furl'?
To furl a flag is to roll it up. However, there is a proper way to
-fold- our flag, which I learned as a child...I think in Girl Scouts,
although our Social Studies books in school also demonstrated the
method. This folding is done by two of the honor guard at military
funerals: first, they fold the flag lengthwise; lengthwise again; then,
beginning at the stripes end, one soldier makes a triangular fold, then
a straight fold, then a triangular, then a straight, until the entire
flag is tightly folded into a triangle with the stars facing out. This
flag is then given to a surviving family member as a memento. At our
school, it was always two of our Boy Scouts who took the flag down at
the end of the day and folded it like that.
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Posted By: Dan
Posted On: 2 days ago
Views: 127
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Flag
As soon as i get off work I am going to go buy a flag for the house. I
have meant to do this for some time. Now is the Time. I hope each of you
has a fun and Safe July 4th. It is my favorite day of the year.
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Posted By: Allan
Posted On: 2 days ago
Views: 130
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correct wording
You do not fold an American flag. It is furled.
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