Meaning of Flag Draped Coffin.


	Meaning of Flag Draped Coffin.

Efrain Alvarado

7-6-2008 7:54 PM

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god, christianity, america, rights, freedom, life, eternal

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7-14-2008 5:41 PM

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7th fold is missing!

7-14-2008 9:46 PM

Efrain Alvarado

"The 7th fold is a tribute to its Armed Forces, for it is through the Armed Forces that they protect their country and their flag against all her enemies, whether they be found within or without the boundaries of their republic."

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represents an emblem of eternity and glorifies, </p> <P class="MsoNormal">in the Christians
eyes, <U>God the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit </U>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://members.aol.com/kwvafw/flagmeaning.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/members.aol.com/img/78A210DF-D705-4B1B-939A-299AC44D1660" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://members.aol.com/kwvafw/flagmeaning.html"><P class="MsoNormal">The 13th fold, or
when the flag is completely folded, the stars are uppermost </p> <P class="MsoNormal">reminding them of
their nations motto, <U>"In God We Trust."</U></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://members.aol.com/kwvafw/flagmeaning.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/members.aol.com/img/394FEAC4-A7CE-4746-A64C-107831BB0637" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/CFCD0916-C04D-4B97-9A45-E06F0392AEA4/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>