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How to Fold the American Flag

The United States flag has a special way of folding it. It will not end up in a square, but in a triangle with only the Union (blue square with stairs) showing. You will need two people to fold theUS flag this way.

1st Hold the flag out in one big rectangle

2nd fold over, but leave one inch along top edge

3rd Fold over one more time

4th Make a triangle with the stripe end of the flag

5th Keep folding the flag in triangles

It will look like these at the end

6th Fold the end over to make two triangles

7th Fold the right triangle in to make one triangle

Finished