Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
Good point; witness the relatively recent trend of the symbolism of folding a US flag, which has no basis in history. We used to hear that all the time at the historic site where I worked; our Chief Ranger, who was an Indian Wars "buff", had researched the topic and found that before the 1930s, the flag was simply folded and placed on a shelf in the post armory...

The Kirkin' of the Tartans legend also comes to mind.

T.

Here's the snopes.com take on the flag folding myth:
http://www.snopes.com/military/flagfold.asp

I'll admit that I either did not remember or did not know of any of these "meanings" of the folds.

Is there a typical reaction to the debunking of these types of myths, Cajunscot?