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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 02:16 PM Original message |
Furor After Flag-Folding Ceremony Pulled From Cemeteries (Fox News) |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. This account is different from what I had heard - in that the 13th fold was |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well, having been to two (one for my brother, one for my dad) |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. AS Mojorabbit posted this too-I didn't know about any recitation |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Same Here. Total silence. Total concentration. Total dignity. 1976. nt |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. I read in my local paper that a particular group did this type of ceremony |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 03:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Googled it- loooks like this is a creation of the 1980'sin the Air Force |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Thanks for the info |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. They did a silent flag |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. This has come up on DU a couple times lately |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Here it is-you are right many of these are repetitive and quite a stretch |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. The interesting news is |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. It has no basis in fact or the US code. Someone made it up. nt |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. Is Fox News actually reporting that flag-folding itself is now banned? |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. No but it wouldn't surprise me if that is what is heard by their audience |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Exactlly |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. Glad my dad died before they modified the ceremony. |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
17. I have assisted at military funeals on LI at Calverton Nat. Cemetary. |
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