Chuck Molnar, Senior Corner, Nov. 8, 2009: How to fold the flag and what the folds mean

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NOT TRUE! Yes, that's how you fold a flag, but no, that's not what the folds officially mean. Oh sure, some Christians have ascribed those meanings to the folds. But that's a symbolism concocted by someon to fit the ceremony after the ceremony was already in place. It has never been adopted by any legislative body as an official part of how we honor the flag. Claiming that is, when it is not, is an understandable accident for those who don't know this, and for those who do know this and present this symbolism as though it were official knowing that it is NOT official is an attack on our constitution and the very republic for which the flag itself is a symbol. I submit that this symbolism was written by a Christian to further indoctrinate and perpetuate the myth that America is a Christian culture and a Christian society, instead of a constitutional republic that respects all faiths equally. It is fine to report that some folks like this imagery. It is simply untrue to report it as official policy.

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Here is an excerpt from the Sons of the Conneticut Society of the American Revolution
http://www.connecticutsar.org/flag_etiquette....
"A properly proportioned flag will fold 13 times on the triangles, representing the 13 Original Colonies. When finally complete the triangular folded flag is emblematic of the tri-corner hat worn by the Patriots of the American Revolution. When folded no red or white stripe is to be evident leaving only the honor field of blue and stars."
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Here is an excerpt from Snopes (famous for hoax busting and fact checking on the internet)
http://www.snopes.com/military/flagfold.asp
"The American flag isn't folded in this manner because each of the folds has a special symbolic meaning; the flag is folded this way because it provides a dignified ceremonial touch that distinguishes folding a flag from folding an
ordinary object such as a bedsheet, and because it results a visually pleasing, easy-to-handle shape. This thirteen-fold procedure was a common practice long before the creation of a ceremonial assignation of "meaning" to each of the steps."
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Here is an excerpt from USHistory.org , sponsored by the Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia
"[This]is an unofficial, but popular script for folding the flag. It does not appear in the Flag Code and would appear to be in violation of military guidelines, in violation of the Establishment Clause [found in the First Amendment of the US Constitution]. The Establishment Clause requires that expression not create the reasonable impression that the government is sponsoring, endorsing, or inhibiting religion generally, or favoring or disfavoring a particular religion."

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