How To Fold An American Flag

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  • Опубликовано: 25 дек 2024
  • Ever wonder how to fold an American flag properly? Watch this demonstration by members of the Central Coast Leatherneck Honor Guard. Here, they're using a United States burial flag, which is a longer version of the flag that they use during memorial services. You can use the same technique with a regular-size flag.
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Комментарии • 152

  • @peterunnasch2771
    @peterunnasch2771 2 года назад +98

    I use this video every year for teaching our schoolchildren. Thank you for this concise, clear video and thank you for your service to our country.

    • @Lungoose
      @Lungoose Год назад

      Gawdam bible freedom 😫 showdakids da vidyer of the folding of the fleg 😤

    • @dr.astro.hutchins
      @dr.astro.hutchins 9 месяцев назад

      You are pathetic.

    • @UncleSamFreedom
      @UncleSamFreedom 8 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@Lungoosehey! Show a little respect!

    • @AZtwoNE
      @AZtwoNE 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@LungooseCountless thousands of Americans DIED for that flag. Your disrespect sickens me. Shame on you!!!

    • @Incore352
      @Incore352 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@Lungoose shut up red coat

  • @SalsaVonJules72
    @SalsaVonJules72 Год назад +13

    I am a daughter of a Vietnam Vet and an Assistant Funeral Director. An important part of our job is to know how to properly fold our flag, present it to a family and say the correct speech. Today, I am showing a new AFD how to fold our flag. I take it as an honor. Thank you for this video. Thank you for your service.

    • @julievanderleest
      @julievanderleest 3 месяца назад

      That’s awesome. I never realized that was part of your job. What an honor.

  • @raywalsh9152
    @raywalsh9152 7 месяцев назад +2

    I was handed a properly folded flag in 1968 at my father's funeral ... I was 4 years old. I am now a few months away from 60 years old and a dispatcher at a public transit company. I have been teaching my drivers, for many years, how to properly fold a flag after it is lowered each night. I still struggle sometimes to show no blood, but I am always amazed at how many people, even military veterans, have never seen a flag properly folded. Thank you for your service and your continued service in teaching how to properly fold Old Glory.

  • @Arcliteshadow
    @Arcliteshadow Год назад +4

    Thank you for this video. I did a flag detail in Kuwait in 2012-2013 and this has been a good refresher. From one vet to another, thank you for your service 🇺🇸

  • @logos8626
    @logos8626 6 лет назад +131

    god bless america and those who have served

    • @AZtwoNE
      @AZtwoNE 8 месяцев назад

      🇺🇸🫡

  • @scottteeters5780
    @scottteeters5780 2 года назад +38

    Thanks, guys! I'd like to add that this is also the proper way to prepare an old worn-out flag that is going to be retired. After the worn-out flag is properly folded, you can take it to an American Legion or VFW Post. They can take the old flag for proper disposal and some have drop boxes for old flags. DO NOT put your old worn-out flags in the trash. Long Live the Republic!

  • @marcosguerrero3952
    @marcosguerrero3952 3 года назад +28

    You helped me pass my promotion test, thank you for helping and for your service

    • @upsidedownfoxxo879
      @upsidedownfoxxo879 Год назад

      You need to prove that you can fold a flag to be promoted?

  • @TupperWallace
    @TupperWallace Год назад +2

    This is the best video I’ve seen on folding the flag. The detail at 35 seconds about making the blue edge longer contributes greatly to the final triangle, making sure there is no red or white visible. The precision and snap to the movements are very commendable and worth emulating, together with the respect demonstrated in the whole procedure.

    • @RidingHumboldtCounty
      @RidingHumboldtCounty Месяц назад

      That’s why you stagger the stars but it’s the eighth fold that counts the most. In this demonstration almost everything is perfect except too much tail. There should be at least a half inch into the stars on the eighth fold

  • @gorgeous6737
    @gorgeous6737 2 года назад +2

    Thanks, an expat living in Panamá 🇵🇦; my first 4th of July outside USA. Proudly hung my flag and now wanted to folded the right way.

  • @echohunter4199
    @echohunter4199 Год назад +1

    Well done! I’m a retired Army Infantry Senior NCO and in the 80’s-90’s I was on numerous funeral details where we had to fold the flag for the family. The brand new flags the funeral homes use are stiff and tough to fold. If ANY amount of red is seen after the flag is folded, reject the flag and demand it to be re-folded properly. I see at the last tuck, the man folds the hoist end to easily tuck it into the folded flag, this is correct. The most important step in folding the flag is the very first fold, you must lower the red field about 2”-3” to ensure that no red will show towards the end. If you’ve never folded a lag before, get one of the same flags and practice. Out of around 50 funeral services I’ve only given the order to refill the flag once. We had a man lock his knees while holding the flag above the grave and he passed out and fell into the hole, we just left him there and didn’t bat an eye, he soon recovered and was fine. We take funeral details very seriously and we don’t goof around as us Infantrymen are famous for. The idiot that passed out was PFC Conner and we all believe someone else took his ASVAB test because he was dumb as they came. We warned him to not lock his knees and make sure he was well hydrated for the length of the service but it was a hot day and we’re all in our Class A uniforms so it wasn’t fun. We spend hours practicing to do these burial details and often it’s with rifle squads firing 3 volleys as well and we have to get the timing perfect so it sounds like one rifle firing for each volley, if it sounds like popcorn going off, they’re not well trained.

  • @debbiehennessy8257
    @debbiehennessy8257 3 года назад +34

    Thank you gentlemen for sharing the proper manner in which to fold our flag. ❤🙏🇺🇸

  • @MATTNMEMPHIS
    @MATTNMEMPHIS 3 месяца назад

    Totally blew my mind that the reason for the triangle fold was so it would fit in a tricorn hat box. I was today years old when learning that fact. Awesome!

  • @Saywhatboo133
    @Saywhatboo133 4 года назад +7

    thanks very simple fold......God Bless America.

  • @gardon7705
    @gardon7705 7 месяцев назад

    Thank you for the demonstration. Your respect and deference came clearly through to the viewer.

  • @rdotson8515
    @rdotson8515 Год назад

    I love the honor of our veterans but the class they exhibit (exceptions noted as exceptions) is something to which every military in the world seeks to ascend. Well done gentlemen and Godspeed.

  • @monteceitomoocher
    @monteceitomoocher 8 месяцев назад

    May almighty God bless and continue to shine on you America, and thank you for a timely patriotic reminder, best wishes from England,

  • @DeezZee612
    @DeezZee612 10 месяцев назад

    Thank you gentlemen! Greatly appreciated, I know I’ve seen it folded too many times but it’s great to have a step by step for it.

  • @LRSdet
    @LRSdet Год назад +2

    This was a tremendous help! Thank you for taking the time to make this.

  • @tomt9543
    @tomt9543 Год назад +3

    What a great, non-stodgy, and VERY educational, video of an important task! Easily one of the best videos on RUclips! Happy 4th of July, and God bless you sir! Thank you for your service!

  • @hunger1608
    @hunger1608 11 месяцев назад

    That give me the chills to see it be done. Thanks

  • @danvanhoose6783
    @danvanhoose6783 8 месяцев назад

    When I was a custodian,I took the flag down every day .always had a student help me fold it.got to show many students the proper way to fold a flag.

  • @georgecolee7663
    @georgecolee7663 2 месяца назад

    Thank you gentlemen, I used this demonstration for my Cub Scouts.

  • @RidingHumboldtCounty
    @RidingHumboldtCounty 2 месяца назад

    It can be a little tricky when you have a brand new flag I’ve noticed. Not sure why but sometimes they’re not always the same size. An important thing to remember is the eighth fold. If you see you’re short by the sixth fold you need to extend and if you’re too deep you need to crunch it back. An inch into the stars makes an easier tuck for the holder in my opinion but outstanding demonstration of an older flag

  • @haroldbryant3105
    @haroldbryant3105 6 лет назад +8

    Thank you. Helpful video.

  • @edchester1773
    @edchester1773 2 года назад

    Thank You! And Thank You for your Service to this Great Nation.

  • @alfredogalvez9273
    @alfredogalvez9273 3 года назад +5

    Very helpful for teaching my Cub Scouts. Thanks!

  • @RandolfoGarcia-te1sp
    @RandolfoGarcia-te1sp 5 месяцев назад

    Yes. What a beautiful flag! I LOVE IT.

  • @anonfslkf190
    @anonfslkf190 4 года назад +8

    I am french canadian and I wish we had that kind of respect for our symbols. But I am in a weird spot: 1- My french-speaking parents wanted to separate Québec from the rest of the country. 2- Historically, even if you were not a hardcore separatist, you had almost nothing in common with the rest of Canada. (unless you had the chance to have an older cousin who introduced you to american rock'n'roll, grunge or heavy metal music, but then again nobody would ever translate the lyrics to you) 3- Nobody has respect for our troops here. In the USA, people say: "Thank you for your service!" In Canada... Meh! It's a living... I wish we had respect for abstract things like a flag.

    • @VE3UET
      @VE3UET 3 года назад +1

      Thank You Christian, I wish we still had a flag not some flag of a political party like we have

    • @kathleenking47
      @kathleenking47 Год назад

      Your flag, is cool, but odd.
      A maple leaf?

  • @donitald
    @donitald 5 лет назад +11

    Correct. Thank you for your service and for sharing this video. There is incorrect information out there.

  • @m_v5460
    @m_v5460 7 лет назад +12

    Awesome video. And beautiful fold.

    • @CultureNuggets
      @CultureNuggets 6 лет назад

      Michael Vess I wish I could find like this. My flag won't fit in the case so I'm doing something wrong.😥

  • @jonathanlego4930
    @jonathanlego4930 2 года назад +1

    I did this while at Annapolis naval academy. Evening and morning colors. Special moments

  • @janineketchum7687
    @janineketchum7687 3 года назад +2

    God bless you and your service to America

  • @kanyeeast8450
    @kanyeeast8450 5 лет назад +3

    Very helpful for flag detail.

  • @vinziop
    @vinziop 3 месяца назад

    Thank you sir i'm from Germany and I love the USA 🇺🇸 Got be with you

  • @palainanoctem-im1sh
    @palainanoctem-im1sh 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you for clearly showing every part of the process of folding an American flag. I've never been shown or taught how to do so and i watched another video before yours and he did not show the beginning of the 3rd fold. That's frustrating. God bless and have an awesome day!

    • @slotribune
      @slotribune  5 месяцев назад

      Glad it was helpful!

  • @MCtravler
    @MCtravler 2 года назад +1

    Nice fold and good info. Thanks!

  • @williamallen7194
    @williamallen7194 2 года назад +1

    I'm gotten older and can't remember some things so. I know with this phone. I can find it. Thank you vetterns for all you had to deal with. Thank you. Uncle. Lamar for service. 1967

  • @0U8123MTA3
    @0U8123MTA3 2 года назад +1

    I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.

  • @darrenreynolds7985
    @darrenreynolds7985 2 года назад

    Just had to pull down a frayed American Flag at work and this video came in clutch, Sir. Thank U. 🫡

  • @RcNuke
    @RcNuke 2 года назад

    And GOD save America and the rest of the World. God Bless you all and salute from Italy and Brazil.

  • @garrettanddane913
    @garrettanddane913 Год назад +1

    Thank you for your service

  • @jdnoheare6631
    @jdnoheare6631 4 месяца назад

    Was this flag a 5x9 burial flag? Im being asked to fold a burial flag using 13 folds starting from the triangles.

  • @philippbecker5392
    @philippbecker5392 10 месяцев назад

    Simple and Great!

  • @calico567
    @calico567 5 лет назад +2

    Perfect! Who would even think of rating this with a thumbs down? For shame.

  • @allamericannative
    @allamericannative Год назад

    I'm Navajo and I was born in 91 . But as a kid going to school and learning about our American history. And the pledge of allegiance to the united states of America. These Magas are the TRUE MODERN DAY CONFEDERACY.

  • @pjo1964
    @pjo1964 2 месяца назад

    Very good! Thankyou!!! 🇺🇸

  • @Notmyrealname32727
    @Notmyrealname32727 Год назад

    Thank you for your service 🇺🇸

  • @goldenrakelawncare6564
    @goldenrakelawncare6564 Год назад

    Should I fold it lilke this before I dispose of a flag into a fire?

  • @KFrost-fx7dt
    @KFrost-fx7dt Год назад

    Goof quick video with directions. Thank you.

  • @patrickditullio173
    @patrickditullio173 Год назад

    Great video

  • @Warlord6900
    @Warlord6900 Год назад

    Thank you for this video I have a American flag in my room and wanted to exchange it with a better made flag and wanted to make sure I folded the flag right

  • @beaverfan5560
    @beaverfan5560 2 года назад

    Thank you sir for this great video! 🙂

  • @ludwigbeethoven8124
    @ludwigbeethoven8124 2 года назад +9

    They made us do this in school each day ,we took turns putting the flag up in morning, and then taking it down before the end of each day. If anyone got caught dropping the flag we had to stay in and forfeit one recess... If this was still done in schools today maybe kids would grow up with an ounce of respect.

    • @godflame52
      @godflame52 Год назад +1

      Sounds like a great idea! Wish my school did it.

    • @kathleenking47
      @kathleenking47 Год назад

      I e heard, somewhere in an Iran, a girls school, put an image of the 🇺🇸to be steped on, and the girls refused to step on it.
      They may know something, we dont

    • @EdlesÖsterreich
      @EdlesÖsterreich 9 месяцев назад

      yea respect some fabric, definitely not idol worship which is also a sin….

  • @pavise6333
    @pavise6333 3 года назад +1

    I ain't American, but there's something intriguing about this process

    • @adrawingprotogen2994
      @adrawingprotogen2994 Год назад +1

      Yeah I'm did with the Irish flag, it creates a strange level of respect for a sheet with colour on it, but at the same time it's pretty satisfying

  • @JBetances
    @JBetances 2 года назад

    Thank you very much from Hackensack New Jersey

  • @ericwayneconnor
    @ericwayneconnor 7 дней назад

    Perfect!

  • @haatock
    @haatock Год назад

    Hi I didn't serve US State army but I have to fold an American Flag. Can I salute the flag ?

    • @adrawingprotogen2994
      @adrawingprotogen2994 Год назад

      I mean at the end of the day is it not just a sheet with colour on it, I don't why you couldn't, no disrespect to it if that something to ya

    • @rumbleice9467
      @rumbleice9467 11 месяцев назад

      Yes

  • @julievanderleest
    @julievanderleest 3 месяца назад

    I just bought a new flag to fly in front of my house because my old flag has been flown long and proud. It’s now torn and can no longer be flown. I found this video because I wanted to know how to fold and properly fold and respectfully dispose the old flag. Very proud of what the flag represents and am forever grateful for our brave men and women who fought for our country to keep it free. ❤️🇺🇸🤍🇺🇸💙

  • @sylviamattar3017
    @sylviamattar3017 4 года назад +2

    Thanks!!

  • @aquarius_oceanblues3458
    @aquarius_oceanblues3458 2 года назад

    Thanks for the tutorial

  • @sharklord0468
    @sharklord0468 2 года назад +1

    Anyone else notice that the video is 2.23? God bless the freedom seeds

  • @colinfreeze5260
    @colinfreeze5260 Год назад

    does this work on a flag that isn’t US

  • @mikeburns8744
    @mikeburns8744 Год назад

    Thank you sir

  • @kubabryczynski6653
    @kubabryczynski6653 2 года назад +1

    American flag has fold and it's time to say goodnight.

  • @denob2948
    @denob2948 2 года назад

    Wow that is a beautiful fold

    • @kathleenking47
      @kathleenking47 2 года назад

      I think they may have done that to get into a tricorn hat box.
      The British were still terrorizing them and the had to hide the flag in one of those boxes.
      Under the hat🇺🇸
      This is also a grest way to store grocery bags..into little triangles to reuse

  • @MyFord77
    @MyFord77 Год назад

    Awesome 🇺🇸

  • @ash490
    @ash490 Год назад

    Thank You.

  • @jerolvilladolid
    @jerolvilladolid 2 года назад +1

    And voila! It becomes mickey’s magic hat

  • @jammamie5150
    @jammamie5150 8 лет назад +6

    good video suprised there's no comments yet

  • @aa-lg8go
    @aa-lg8go Год назад

    Thank sir.

  • @Terrible_Terry
    @Terrible_Terry 2 года назад +1

    Damn this is serious business

  • @DM-zx2yj
    @DM-zx2yj 4 года назад +3

    SEMPER FIDELIS! 🦅🌎⚓

  • @TommyEss
    @TommyEss 2 года назад

    proud 2 be part of behavoir

  • @user-qs7by5nm1g
    @user-qs7by5nm1g 7 лет назад +4

    Nice video!

  • @earthianfriendly5708
    @earthianfriendly5708 7 лет назад +3

    God blesses knowledgeable people.

  • @8371-c6n
    @8371-c6n 2 года назад

    Thank you

  • @TheCrawdadman
    @TheCrawdadman 2 года назад

    Thanks you!

  • @neosneos3680
    @neosneos3680 2 года назад

    God Bless America

    • @kathleenking47
      @kathleenking47 6 месяцев назад +1

      Also, you could flag fold plastic bags...and put in pocket or purse☺️🇺🇸

  • @sorinfarcas9141
    @sorinfarcas9141 4 года назад

    Good to know.

  • @aidanjoyce3248
    @aidanjoyce3248 3 года назад +2

    Wrap the stripes around me goddamnit

  • @secondamendment1890
    @secondamendment1890 6 лет назад +5

    I watched this video, and can clearly see how to do it but every time I try I get it wrong

  • @brucenuesse5897
    @brucenuesse5897 Год назад

    I learned that 40 some yrs ago in boy scouts.

  • @sanyika3641
    @sanyika3641 Год назад

    god bless america

  • @karimanparumediagroup
    @karimanparumediagroup 2 года назад

    god bless the good people

  • @semperfidelis6235
    @semperfidelis6235 2 года назад

    Semper Fidelis!!!

  • @fijiangel801
    @fijiangel801 3 месяца назад

    He’s got knives

  • @danialebrahimi1090
    @danialebrahimi1090 2 года назад

    🇺🇸☝

  • @stevenkramer1975
    @stevenkramer1975 8 месяцев назад

    THESE COLORS WILL NEVER FUCKING RUN!

  • @gma729
    @gma729 2 года назад

    GOD BLESS AMERICA 🇺🇸, THANK YOU GENTLEMEN 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @Prprpsksks
    @Prprpsksks 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for telling me how to fold my toilet paper

    • @ericpope471
      @ericpope471 2 года назад

      Take a long walk off a short plank.

    • @Prprpsksks
      @Prprpsksks 2 года назад

      @@ericpope471 trump lost cope and seethe

    • @ericpope471
      @ericpope471 2 года назад

      @@Prprpsksks yep you got me, I am certainly raw about what they've done to trump. But if that is your point of perseveration then your narrowed focus will make it that much easier to write the wrongs.

    • @Prprpsksks
      @Prprpsksks 2 года назад

      @@ericpope471 keep coping

    • @ericpope471
      @ericpope471 2 года назад

      @@Prprpsksks thanks he, I appreciate your encouragement.

  • @tiktokshorts2052
    @tiktokshorts2052 2 года назад +1

    When i was in elementary school i was a saftey patrol and we had to learn how to fold the flag

  • @鍾仕庭
    @鍾仕庭 Год назад

    這才是我們台灣的國旗,台灣的國家是美利堅合眾國,台灣州,國慶日是七月四日!

  • @adrianaalfonso6972
    @adrianaalfonso6972 2 года назад

    DE. LUJO FAN D.EEUU SOY***

  • @Declan_hamsandwich6
    @Declan_hamsandwich6 2 года назад

    Happy late Veterans Day

  • @มดแดง-ฃ3ข
    @มดแดง-ฃ3ข Год назад

    เรื่องนี้เรื่องจริงเรื่องมนุษย์กลายพันธุ์ฉันไม่พูดไว้ก่อนหน้านี้ทำผิดมากกว่าถูก

  • @PDI_glm
    @PDI_glm Год назад

    Шкода, що українці не цінують прапор так, як це роблять американці, тому дивлюся це відео, бо не знайшов з нашим стягом.)

  • @pseudonym5136
    @pseudonym5136 Год назад

    Sheldon Cooper must love this......"Fun with Flags".......Hey,it`s just a Towel.....

  • @joejamata5583
    @joejamata5583 3 года назад

    I did it with the Woodglut plans.

  • @adrawingprotogen2994
    @adrawingprotogen2994 Год назад

    Got this pride flag and it turned out way too big, wanted a way to store it without making a mess of it. Thanks

    • @Loo33k
      @Loo33k Год назад

      One better thing you can do with that flag is Burn it

  • @midnightfalconx3562
    @midnightfalconx3562 Год назад

    🔥🇺🇸🔥