Flag Folding Recital Banned by National Cemetery Administration

The recital of the Thirteen Folds of the Flag will no longer be allowed at veteran funerals taking place at any of our 125 National Cemeteries.

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ome panty waist korrectnik made a complaint about the verse representing the 11th fold after attending a veteran funeral at Riverside National Cemetery.

The eleventh fold, in the eyes of a Hebrew citizen, represents the lower portion of the seal of King David and King Solomon, and glorifies, in their eyes, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

From the Press Enterprise --

Mike Nacincik, the spokesman for the National Cemetery Administration, said the new policy, which was outlined in a Sept. 27 memo, is aimed at creating uniform services throughout the military graveyard system.

He said the 13-fold recital is not part of the U.S. Flag Code and is not government approved....

Nacincik said that while the flag-folding narrative includes references to God that the government does not endorse, the main reason for the new rules is uniformity.

He said the flag-folding narrative can be read but only if families make arrangements on their own and do not use cemetery workers, which include volunteers. The U.S. government owns Riverside National, the most active national cemetery in the country with more than 8,000 burials of veterans and immediate family members each year. More....