If you had ever read Title 4 of US Code you would know just how foolish your question is.
There is not now nor has there ever been any statement in Title 4 about folding the Flag. NEVER!
The folding is done as a ceremony at funerals...that's it. So many have made up their own rules on how to that it is done it is F ING ridiculous. The most egregious is the cartridges being placed in the Flag. Title 4 does say that should NOT be done.
When a Flag is taken down it is perfectly OK to roll it up and bag it, put it in a box or carry it inside and place it in a closet.
READ the links and save your complaints for things that people do that are in fact out of sink with law.
SSG US Army 73-82
Have read this and the Constitution more than once!
Today's reading of the Constitution will be Article III.....and until you look that up will will be in the dark about WHY I would read that today. I will give you a clue...NYC!
The Flag is the symbol of a living country and is therefore considered to be alive itself!
For all you fans of Flowmaster mufflers for high performance they have a small display in their Santa Rosa lobby with a rubber lizard in a terrarium with a cut up portion of a Flag on the bottom like old newspaper as if to collect lizard $h!t. Call them and make a complaint, they have never listened to me.
Edit: Pomp....is so right. Illegals getting medical care is an example of WHY you all should be pissed as all hell at the concepts of liberals. US codes specifically states, and and does right now, that they don't get it and have to be sent back to country of origin. ONE, just ONE liberal Federal Judge declared that unconstitutional, ONE F ING MAN and his ONE opinion is all it took to overrule the Congress and the President that signed the law.
THINK ABOUT THAT THE NEXT TIME YOU CAST A VOTE!
Edit2: It is sad that so many cannot see the difference between MYTH and law, right and wrong, made up customs that violate law.
Note that "folding" is not mentioned
TITLE 4--FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES
CHAPTER 1--THE FLAG
Sec. 8. Respect for flag
No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of
America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing.
Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags
are to be dipped as a mark of honor.
(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except
as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or
property.
(b) The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the
ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.
(c) The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but
always aloft and free.
(d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or
drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but
always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always
arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red
below, should be used for covering a speaker's desk, draping the front
of the platform, and for decoration in general.
(e) The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in
such a manner as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in
any way.
(f) The flag should never be used as a covering for a ceiling.
(g) The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of
it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design,
picture, or drawing of any nature.
(h) The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving,
holding, carrying, or delivering anything.
(i) The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any
manner whatsoever. It should not be embroidered on such articles as
cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed
on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use
and discard. Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or
halyard from which the flag is flown.
(j) No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic
uniform. However, a flag patch may be affixed to the uniform of military
personnel, firemen, policemen, and members of patriotic organizations.
The flag represents a
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living country and is itself considered a living thing. Therefore, the
lapel flag pin being a replica, should be worn on the left lapel near
the heart.
(k) The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a
fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way,
preferably by burning.
Do I have to fold my flag in the triangular fold for storage between use?
No, for storage purposes, you may use the ordinary rectangular fold and, perhaps, place your flag in a plastic bag. If the flag is affixed to a staff, you may roll the flag around the staff for storage. The triangular fold is not required, but is traditional for display of the flag, often placed in a rectangular wooden display box. Instructions for the triangular fold as provided at the top of this page. Before folding the flag, either way, be sure it is dry and clean.
Any valued flag may be displayed in the triangular box. It is not exclusively for display of funeral flags. For example, if you were to get a flag that flew over the White House, you could display that in the triangular box