American Legion honor guards pay meticulous attention to correctly folding the American flag 13 times. Each fold has meaning: The first fold of our flag is a symbol of life. The second fold is a ...

If you have ever been to a service honoring a military veteran, chances are you've seen a flag draped over a casket that was later folded into a triangle. There is significance to the triangle, along ...

Long-standing myths about the American flag still shape how people treat it today. Here are the real facts behind the most ...

FORT LEE, Va. — Soldiers from the U.S. Army Fort Lee Casualty Assistance Funeral Honors Team visited Prince George North Elementary School’s Champion Champ Summer Camp July 3 to teach students how to ...

On Thursday, Oct. 2, Emmett Mayor Gordon Petrie visited Kenneth J. Carberry Elementary to inform Carberry student council about American history and the importance of properly folding a flag. In James ...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho • Local veterans say the most common mistreatment of the U.S. flag is flying it while dirty or frayed, but the flag is mishandled in plenty of other ways, too. Here are some Boy ...

It’s Flag Day, a day that honors the adoption of the United States flag on June 14, 1777. The original resolution declared the flag would have 13 alternating red and white stripes and a blue field ...

Retired Command Sgt Major Gene Nelson, right, was a recent speaker for the Enterprise Civitan Club. His presentation included a very moving "flag-folding ceremony." As the American flag was folded, ...

On June 14, we will not only be saluting the Army's 250th year with President Donald Trump's military parade in downtown Washington, D.C., we will also be celebrating America's symbol of freedom: the ...

Members of both Edmonds American Legion Post 66 and VFW Post 8870 recently held a ceremony to retire 110 used American flags ...