I find this interesting. Mom got me a nice embroidered U.S. flag to hang on the pole in front my house. Inside the package, the flag is just folded up the way one would fold up a typical bedsheed, and not the proper way. The front of the package is cut in a triangular shape to sort of make the casual observer think that is is in fact folded properly in the package. Upon opening it up, there is even a flyer inside that demonstrates the proper way to fold the flag...so why the heck didn't they fold it like that when they packaged it! It certainly appears they knew how, it was even made in the USA (I have seen many flags made overseas if that's ironic)
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yes, at work we have these small US flag stickers. in the corner, on the face, it says "made in china"! The letters are tiny, of course, but i still have to laugh.
My guess would be that for manufacturing and shipping purposes a flag isn't considered for lack of a better term "official" or "in use" until it is presented or displayed for the first time after which the myriad of rules take effect. I never knew but apparently back in Calgary the city had a bylaw guy and part of his job was to check flags, private and public, to see if they were displayed properly, needed retiring, etc. He didn't have any enforcement power but would advise people or businesses who had them wrong how to do it right.
so why the heck didn't they fold it like that when they
Perhaps some Chinese people in China don't read English.
Still, I remember when a it was said that a city in China was named *Usa* and for some inexplicable reason spelled in all upper-case letters when embossed or "stickered" onto a product. Wonder if that was true.
Perhaps some Chinese people in China don't read English.
Still, I remember when a it was said that a city in China was named *Usa* and for some inexplicable reason spelled in all upper-case letters when embossed or "stickered" onto a product. Wonder if that was true.
Togs,
The version of that story that I heard way back in the 50's was that there was a town in Japan named Usa, and products for export to the states started getting labeled "Made in Usa" until the FTC made a stink about it. Never bothered to research whether this was urban myth or what... until now...
Apparently there IS a town in Japan named Usa, on the island of Kyushu. It's been around a lot longer than the U.S.A. So 1) The Japanese didn't create a town name Usa so they could label export products "Made in Usa". And the whole idea of doing that is indeed an urban myth, according to Snopes.com and other web resources.
http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/usa.asp
The version of that story that I heard way back in the 50's was that there was a town in Japan named Usa, and products for export to the states started getting labeled "Made in Usa" until the FTC made a stink about it. Never bothered to research whether this was urban myth or what... until now...
Apparently there IS a town in Japan named Usa, on the island of Kyushu. It's been around a lot longer than the U.S.A. So 1) The Japanese didn't create a town name Usa so they could label export products "Made in Usa". And the whole idea of doing that is indeed an urban myth, according to Snopes.com and other web resources.
http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/usa.asp
At where I work-Gov't site-we go thru several flags a year here from the weather and wind-they are ordered thru GSA-and the supplier to GSA that provides the flags---just folds them like a "bedsheet" and seals them in a plastic bag-then puts these into a big cardboard box marked "US Flags-9.5'x4.5'.-Then there is a GSA part number and the name of the commercial supplier that provided the flags.
The simple folding of the flag makes a more standard package for shipping. The flag is thinner and you do not have a wasted corner in the box. Even when you buy flags in the various stores in the House/Senate/Capitol buildings, they are folded flat. I am not certain about the flags that have been flown over the Capitol and can be ordered through elected officials' offices. Maybe those are folded properly. They have a couple of teams that work all day raising and lowering flags so that they can be considered to have been flown over the Capitol. Few outside of Capitol Hill are aware of how briefly they fly.
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There is a company in Pennsylvania that still hand makes the flags. I forget the name but I saw it on John Ratzenburger's Made In America. I would NEVER buy an American flag made anywhere else but in the USA. It juat ain't right.
I am under the impression that the flag folding procedure was designed to minimize the number of folds in the flag, so the fabric would last longer.
In this day of age, a good quality polyester flag will last almost indefinitely regardless of how it is folded.
In this day of age, a good quality polyester flag will last almost indefinitely regardless of how it is folded.
No flag will last "indefinitely" when displayed outside-wind,UV light from the sun takes its toll.Polyester flags will last longer than nylon or cotton ones.Nylon is liked becuase it is relatively inexpensive,more durable than cotton-and flies or moves even in lightest breezes.However any flag could last indefinitely when used for indoor display.In the lobby of our building we have a fringed nylon flag on an indoor type pole-its been here as long as I have-and perhaps longer-just a little dusty-but still there.That flag could truely last indefinitely as opposed to the ones just outside on a pole.And these fly 24Hrs per day-since our site is manned 24-7.I beleive the flags used here even come from some company in Pa!The suppliers to GSA vary.
A folded flag would probably be kept indoors.
Makes you wonder how many folded flags are sitting on storeroom shelves in various go'vt and state agencies-and for how long-bet theres a lot of them-and they may not need to order any.Makes me wonder.This place I am in is relatively new-so that wouldn't be for here-but what about those go'vt buildings that are older?
