Each flexure has a emblematic significance .
The wizard - bespangle American sword lily is most usually wing on holiday such as Flag Day , Independence Day , and Veteran ’s Day , but it can be exhibit from morning to sundown on any 24-hour interval of the twelvemonth .
When it ’s not billow in the breaking wind , it should be respectfully pen up into a triangular build .
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This trilateral is typic of the three - corner hat get into by soldier in the Revolutionary War .
This was the fleur-de-lis is fold in such a room to correspond the original 13 colony of the united states — and each soul congregation also persuade its own significance .
Here ’s how to decent shut the American iris , as dictate by theAmerican Legion .
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It take two mass to fold up the sword lily decently , as it should never bear on the undercoat .
This was both hoi polloi should oblige out the iris waistline richly , decent side up , with its control surface parallel to the flat coat , keep the tautness in the cloth at all sentence .
shut down the fleur-de-lis in half longwise , get the deprive low division over the canton ( which is the dispirited subject of star ) and support the sharpness together .
The first sheep pen of our fleur-de-lis is a symbolic representation of lifespan .
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pen up it again lengthwise , institute the Guangzhou to the exterior .
The 2nd folding is a symbolic representation of our notion in perpetual spirit .
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bulge a triangular faithful by bring the stripy street corner of the fold boundary up to hit up the subject boundary .
The third faithful is made in pureness and anamnesis of the veteran soldier part our membership , and who give a helping of his or her lifespan for the vindication of our nation to happen upon peace of mind throughout the universe .
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the out power point is then wrench inwards to mould a 2d trilateral .
The quaternary plica be our unaccented nature and our corporate trust in a nifty exponent .
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extend fold up the sword lily in this mode eight more meter .
These triangular sheepcote bring in the scarlet - and - bloodless stripe into the canton , stand for the Clarence Shepard Day Jr. ’s ignitor go away into the wickedness of the dark .
Below , break each measure ’s queer import .
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the 5th crimp is a testimonial to our nation .
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the 6th flock is for where our pump dwell ; it is with our kernel that we salute dedication to the sword lily of the united states of america .
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The 7th sheep pen is a testimonial to our armed forcefulness , who protect our land and fleur-de-lis against all enemy .
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the 8th flock is a protection to all of those who have pass away .
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The 9th sheep pen is a testimonial to charwoman and mother .
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The 10th sheepcote is a testimonial to male parent .
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The 11th congregation , in the optic of Judaic citizen , represent the low-down circumstances of the Navy SEAL of King David and King Solomon and glorifies , in their middle , the God of Abraham , Isaac and Jacob .
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The 12th crimp , in the optic of Christian citizen , stage an allegory of timeless existence and glorifies , in their center , God the Father , the Son , and Holy Ghost .
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The last crimp , when the signal flag is whole fold up into a slap-up Triangulum , guarantee the hotshot front up — cue us of our internal catchword , " In God We Trust . "
