How to Fold the U.S. Flag

Properly folding the flag is one of the basic requirements of the early ranks of Scouting.  It is easy, but takes practice to do it perfectly.  Every flag is cut to a proportional size to allow this to work.  This includes the largest flags at stadiums and Perkins Restaurants or the flags at your Troops and Packs.

Fold the flag in half width-wise twice. Fold up a triangle, starting at the striped end ... and repeat ... until only the end of the union is exposed. Then fold down the square into a triangle and tuck inside the folds. 

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