A post is going around the 'net, even to the point of making it to theAmerican Legion website, about there being a symbolic reason for each of the 13 folds done in folding up a U.S. flag in the military style. Its all garbage, totally made up, and Ed Darrell takes it apart quite nicely...
Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub - Fisking a Flag-Fold Flogging:
Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub - Fisking a Flag-Fold Flogging:
Bad history travels fast and far. Let’s see if we can steer people in a better direction with real facts.