Subscribe to Military. What is Veterans Day? Originally named Armistice Day, Nov. Veterans Day is also a day where Americans can work with organizations who support the military, veterans and their families. The military's non-tactical vehicle fleet alone is the second largest in the federal government next to the U.
Servicemembers and veterans have an old friend named Old Glory that is always there, even though it is often overlooked and Want to know how to properly respect the U. Follow these rules, as stated by the U. Flag code. The first flags adopted by our colonial forebears were symbolic of their struggles with the wilderness of the new land. Holidays Flag Day. The Flag Itself The portion of the flag denoting honor is the canton of blue containing the stars representing states our veterans served in uniform.
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This American flag was flown over the U. Capitol on February 1, as a tribute to the crew of STS, who died that day when the Space Shuttle Columbia was lost during re-entry at the end of their mission. When it was decided to display the flag in the new gallery, the conservation staff unfolded the flag from its original box so that it could be examined, photographed, and cleaned. The curatorial team agreed that the flag should be folded in the traditional, triangular pattern before putting it on display.
Because the flag represents an American tragedy of significant proportion and out of respect for the proper treatment of the artifact, the Museum invited a member of the military to assist with folding the flag.
Army Major Warren R. Stump, who recently returned from Afghanistan, assisted the conservation staff. Here the Flag is folded by Major Warren R. Moving Beyond Earth gallery contractor Stephanie Spence is assisting.
Major Stump, with assistance from Stephanie Spence and Dawn Planas conservation contractors for the Moving Beyond Earth gallery folded the flag, while I Lisa Young read an explanation of the meaning behind each of the thirteen folds in a properly-folded American flag.
The flag is folded to represent the original thirteen colonies of the United States. Each fold also carries its own meaning. As an Army and Navy custom, the flag is lowered daily at the last note of retreat. Special care should be taken that no part of the flag touches the ground. The Flag is then carefully folded into the shape of a tri-cornered hat, emblematic of the hats worn by colonial soldiers during the war for Independence.
In the folding, the red and white stripes are finally wrapped into the blue, as the light of day vanishes into the darkness of night. This custom of special folding is reserved for the United States Flag alone.
To properly fold the Flag, begin by holding it waist-high with another person so that its surface is parallel to the ground. Fold the lower half of the stripe section lengthwise over the field of stars, holding the bottom and top edges securely. Fold the flag again lengthwise with the blue field on the outside. Make a triangular fold by bringing the striped corner of the folded edge to meet the open top edge of the flag.
Turn the outer end point inward, parallel to the open edge, to form a second triangle. The triangular folding is continued until the entire length of the flag is folded in this manner. When the flag is completely folded, only a triangular blue field of stars should be visible. The flag folding ceremony described by the Uniformed Services is a dramatic and uplifting way to honor the flag on special days, like Memorial Day or Veterans Day, and is sometimes used at retirement ceremonies.
Here is a typical sequence of the reading: Begin reading as Honor Guard or Flag Detail is coming forward. The flag folding ceremony represents the same religious principles on which our country was originally founded. The portion of the flag denoting honor is the canton of blue containing the stars representing the states our veterans served in uniform.
The canton field of blue dresses from left to right and is inverted when draped as a pall on a casket of a veteran who has served our country in uniform. In the Armed Forces of the United States, at the ceremony of retreat the flag is lowered, folded in a triangle fold and kept under watch throughout the night as a tribute to our nation's honored dead.
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