Not every country has guidelines for folding a flag. In the US we have where you fold the flag in quarters lengthwise and then you do a triangular fold. There's one in the navy tradition because you can leave the flag folded, attach it to the howl-yard and pull it up automatically unravel. The other common way which the UK will do sometimes I believe Japan is where they fold it into quarters and then It's folded into thirds and then rolled up the last third and then tied with string.
Flags! How long have we flown them? Will you get arrested for stomping on one? Which ones are cute and which are fugly? Which colors don't we see on flags and why? How did all this flag etiquette originate? E. Tory Laitila, a textile expert who also handles Honolulu's flag protocol, gives the skinny on how to dispose of a flag, flags and conspiracy theories, history of the Pride flag, the oldest flags, which state flag needs a makeover the hardest, how to store flags, who designed our modern American flag and how you too can have ... fun with flags all year round. Also: pirate trivia.
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