Do you know how to fold the flag?

[Lamb]

Do you know how to properly fold the flag of your country?

 

[Jazzy]

Yes. My Dad was in the United States Air Force and he taught me the proper way to fold it.

 

[Origen]

Yes, I was a Boy Scout, and I am an Army veteran.

 

[tango]

Do you know how to properly fold the flag of your country?

I genuinely have no idea why there's concern about "the proper way" to fold a flag. It's a piece of cloth.

I know a lot of folks in the US don't understand my view, for what it's worth.

 

[Lamb]

I genuinely have no idea why there's concern about "the proper way" to fold a flag. It's a piece of cloth.

I know a lot of folks in the US don't understand my view, for what it's worth.

It's about respect. People died for that flag to keep flying so respecting the flag is respect for the blood shed for us to be free.

 

[tango]

It's about respect. People died for that flag to keep flying so respecting the flag is respect for the blood shed for us to be free.

Did they die for the piece of cloth? My grandfather fought in WWII but nobody ever said he fought for the flag, he fought to defeat Hitler's empire.

 

[Jazzy]

I genuinely have no idea why there's concern about "the proper way" to fold a flag. It's a piece of cloth.

It's more than "a piece of cloth":

Here's the Meaning Behind the 13 Folds of Old Glory

Did you know each of the American flag's 13 folds have a special meaning?

www.military.com

 

[tango]

It's more than "a piece of cloth":

Here's the Meaning Behind the 13 Folds of Old Glory

Did you know each of the American flag's 13 folds have a special meaning?

www.military.com

I guess it's a cultural thing. Americans seem to be a lot more invested in their flag than other nationalities. As I said I don't understand it, but to each their own.