Once you have seen this ceremony at the gravesite of a father, brother/sister or son/daughter you will never forget that day. However few know the meaning of the flag folds. Here is it is explained in beautiful form.
- Image by Eleventh Earl of Mar via Flickr
Originally posted May 1, 2009 @ 15:41
How many of you knew this?
Meaning of the Flag Draped Coffin
I hope you take the time to read this … To understand what the flag draped coffin really means … Here is how to understand the flag that laid upon it and is surrendered to so many widows and widowers.
Do you know that at military funerals, the 21-gun salute stands for the sum of the numbers in the year 1776?
Have you ever noticed the honor guard pays meticulous attention to correctly folding the United States of America Flag 13 times? You probably thought it was to symbolize the original 13 colonies, but we learn something new every day!
The 1st fold of the flag is…
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Posted by subconch on February 5, 2013 at 2:48 am
Such fitting reverence, honor, and tradition. Thank you for sharing it.
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Posted by Ray's Mom on February 5, 2013 at 10:30 am
thank you for visiting and your comment. I am so glad someone did this informational post about folding the flag.
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Posted by WordsFallFromMyEyes on February 2, 2013 at 1:29 pm
Hi Ray’s Mom. Something weird just happened. I don’t think my comment happened.
I just wanted to say I appreciate this very dearly. But also, I recently watched THE PAT TILLMAN STORY and was horrified, just horrified at the conduct of the Army and the Bush administration. Horrified.
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Posted by The Hook on January 31, 2013 at 10:38 am
Beautiful, indeed.
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Posted by Ray's Mom on January 31, 2013 at 11:46 am
Thank you for the visit, glad you liked the content. I have seen the flag folded many times, but did not know this.
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