How to Fold a Flag

Series Summary

Americans have traditionally taken great pride in the Stars and Stripes, Old Glory, the American flag. Children are taught about the history, development and meaning of the flag. The flag is displayed over schools, businesses and government buildings. It is saluted, sung before and revered. The American flag symbolizes the values of the United States and is an object that reminds Americans of why they feel patriotic about their country. In this free video series on flags, the owners of a flag and flagpole vendor explains how to fold and handle the American flag. Get information on how to fold a flag, fold a military funeral flag and fold a flag Navy style. Find out on what holidays to fly the flag and when to fly the flag at half mast. Finally, learn about the Mexican flag, the Canadian flag and the Union Jack flag with this free video series.

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Harvey Kronberg I'm joined by my wife Michelle we're with Austin Flag and Flagpole. And we are going to demonstrate how to fold a flag. What we have here is a three by five foot flag. And essentially what we do is fold it in half, and then fold it in half again, reach along to make sure the creases are straight. Then you start building your triangle. And you try and keep everything taught and tight. This is one of the few folds that requires two people to do because a second person has to hold it tight. It's over and over, keeping your triangle as proportional as possible. And then eventually as you get down to the end, to the field of stars the entire triangle is going to be wrapped by the field of stars and you tuck in the canvas header portion so that you end up with a triangular flag. And that's how you fold a flag."