Why is the US flag folded in a triangle when being stored?
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The reason it's a triangle is the three points that  represents\nthe principles America is founded on, Freedom, Liberty,\nJustice. It also has a slight reference to the three branches\nof the government. This was decided in 1817 and it was proposed by Isaac L. Jamison of Rhode Island after the death of his son. He served in the State Senate for 14 years. He proposed his idea on a visit to Washington DC and asked his State Senator...and he agreed that would be a fitting tribute..he then proposed the idea to the House and they passed it 1 week later, passed the Senate and then signed by the President 2 days later. It was actually common knowledge at the time but the meaning has been lost in antiquity
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To be on the safe side, treat it with the same respect as the US flag.  To dispose of the US flag the proper way is to burn it or mail it to a Flag Disposal organization (which does the burning)  ie. this link
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The yellow fringe is only found on military flags, and the gold-fringed American flag is a military flag that represents Martial Law which is not subject to the Constitution. The one without is known as the peace flag of the United States and it symbolizes that the Constitution and the United States is alive and well.
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The two "triangles" are not exact triangles, but rather are quadrilaterals.  The error in representation actually adds up to be one unit.  I have done the caculations in AutoCAD, and it turns out to be one square unit missing causing the extra space.
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Stripes On The American Flag
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It looks as if there's one big triangle, but in fact the smallest angle of the green triangle isn't the same as the smallest angle of the red triangle, and so although it looks as if there's one big triangle cut up, it isn't so.  And rearranging it makes the hole appear.  I can do a diagram showing just where the extra area unit is, but not on here.\n\nDo you know trigonometry? If so, notice the tangents of the two angles I mentioned are different.  One is 2/5 and the other is 3/7.\n\nIf you don't know trigonometry, just notice that the green triangle has the sides about the rightangle in the ratio 2:5, the red triangle has them in the ratio 3:7.  It's the swapping of the positions of those two triangles that takes up the extra area.  The green triangle has the smaller angle, so when it's the lower triangle the "hypotenuse" of the big triangle has an inward kink.  When the red triangle is the lower one it has an outward kink.  The space between these two "hypotenuses" is one square unit of area.
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It comes from the fact that the "hypotenuse" of the two "triangles" is not a straight line segment.  It is actually two segments of similar, but not equal, slope.
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The dollar sign comes from U S with the bottom of the U missing
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Facing the flags. The American Flag in the center and higher. The Army and Navy on either side next since they are the two oldest branches. Next to the Navy the Marine Corps Flag since it was at one time a part of the Navy. Next to the Army, the Air Force Flag since it was at one time part of the Army. Then on the out side the Coast Guard on one side and the Merchant Marines on the other side..
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Usually it is a distress signal, but foreigners living in the US do it to show how much they disrespect this country and spit on it. I have seen cars driven by turban-heads and spanish looking people with the flag hung upside down from their antenna, or with stickers of the flag upside down on their back window.  Of course, I am a "racist" for saying if they hate it here so much, they should go home.  \n\nI wonder what would happen if we went to their country and did that to their flag?  Or burned their flag on their soil?
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The Flag Code of the United States says that flying the flag upside down is a sign of distress involving great danger to life or property.  It is NOT a sign of disrespect at all, but a sanctioned way of flying the flag under dire circumstances.
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Very rarely used anymore. Every once in awhile you will catch team using it, once in a blue moon as they say. Basically as was said the QB fakes a pass. His hand is up in a throwing motion. Usually as he does that a RB comes up from behind or running from the side and behind and grabs the ball from the other hand. Statue of Liberty is that the one hand is up in a throwing motion, like the torch, and the other is kinda tucked down for the hand off, like the tablet. As to the slight tuck it is in case they don't get the other team to bite well enough and the QB has to run.
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Seven creases result in a thickness that cannot be folded.\nIsn't it neat?
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Stripes and blocks are used so they can be seen.  A flag is a signal, not a picture, and it has to be seen miles away.
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you must ensure it is a us flag ;)
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It's the only flag where the front and back are different.  Didn't know that till I just looked it up!
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the stars are actually the front of the flag. they are faced opposite to symbolize marching into battle instead of runnin away from it.