How to Fold an American Flag

The U.S. Flag Code specifies many things about the handling, display, and even disposal of an American flag. However, U.S. statute does not provide details about the folding of an American flag, and the origins of the currently accepted method are obscure. One likely explanation is the assimilation of practices from European militaries about the time of World Wars I and II, as the U.S. technique is fundamentally identical to the way the Royal Navy...