How to Lower & Fold the U.S. Flag With One Person
The United States flag ceremony includes a tightly defined set of parameters for how to raise, lower and fold the national banner. Each rule of retiring the flag for the night requires that two people be present to remove the flag from the line, hold it waste-high and then use a triangular fold. There are times, however, perhaps at the start of rain, when only one person is available to lower and fold the flag. In this case you can amend the protocol while still following the main requirement of never letting the flag touch the ground.
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Instructions
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Lower the flag until you can grasp and gather the unhooked side before it touches the ground. Continue lowering the flag.
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Unhook the bottom part of the flag while using the upper hook to hold it up.
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Fold the flag in half lengthwise.
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Fold the flag in half lengthwise again.
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Create a triangular fold by turning the striped corner of the folded edge up to the top of the flag.
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Fold the other point of the triangle inward.
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Continue the standard triangular fold until reaching the end of the flag.
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Unhook the top end of the flag and finish the fold.
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