Riverside complaint leads to flag-folding recitation ban at all vets' graveyards

[babylonsister]

Riverside complaint leads to flag-folding recitation ban
The Associated Press
Article Launched: 10/25/2007 04:37:26 PM PDT

RIVERSIDE, Calif.—Flag-folding recitations by Memorial Honor Detail volunteers are now banned at the nation's 125 veterans graveyards because of a complaint about the ceremony at Riverside National Cemetery.

During thousands of military burials, the volunteers have folded the American flag 13 times and recited the significance of every fold to survivors.

The first fold represents life, the second a belief in eternal life, and so on.

The complaint revolved around the narration in the 11th fold, which celebrates Jewish war veterans and "glorifies the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob."

The National Cemetery Administration then decided to ban the entire recital at all national cemeteries. Details of the complaint weren't disclosed.

Administration spokesman Mike Nacincik said the new policy outlined in a Sept. 27 memorandum 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.

Veterans and honor detail volunteers, including Bobby Castillo, 85, and Rees Lloyd, 59, are furious.

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[Historic NY]

1. This administration hate Veterans...........

another example of the incompetence of shrubs cronies who he puts in charge of things.

[lonestarnot]

2. yeah specially vets against the fucking War of Lies.

:patriot: Veterans for Peace should be tortured you know.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

3. My dad was not buried in a military cemetery

But the funeral director gave Mom an already folded flag and said something like, "I present this flag to you in honor of the faithful service to the Armed Forces of the United States of Mr. ____.

R.I.P. Dad. Army Air Corps, 483rd Bombardment Group. 2 Bronze Stars and lots of commendations. And even a record of fighting in the American Theater. Betcha didn't know we had an American Theater of war in WW II, did you?? It consisted of watching Nazi subs going around the East coast and up the Mississippi River.


I have seen that ceremony at a military funeral and thought it was very thoughtful and meaningful.