How To Fold The Flag|
How To Fold The Flag |
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Two people are required to properly fold the flag. The flag should be held waist-high and horizontally as shown at the right. Remember that the flag should be aligned so that the UNION (field of blue with the stars) is away from the audience and to their left. The Flag is then carefully folded in half, lengthwise, with the folded edge towards the audience. The picture below shows how the two men at right would make the FIRST FOLD. |
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The flag is then folded in half, lengthwise once again. This second fold, as shown by the picture below, results in a QUARTER-FOLD the full length of the flag. Properly folded, both sides will look the same, the UNION covering the full left hand side (from the audience view) of the flag, with three full stripes and a small portion of a red stripe (at the top edge) showing
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With the flag held as shown, a series of triangular folds begin, moving from the side with the stripes and folding towards the Union (right to left folds from the audience view). This is usually the "trickiest" part when you are first learning to fold the flag, but with practice you will find that after the first fold, the rest become quite easy.
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When all the folds are
completed, the flag should look like the one at left. It can then be safely
stored for the evening, or in the case of a commemorative flag,
ceremoniously presented to someone.
The proper way to store a flag is folded in this manner, in the shape of a triangle with only the blue field and white stars showing.
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