Traditionally, one flag, one nation.
The US Flag, and star flags indicating a family member is serving in the military, or a gold star flag, indicating a family member died in service to the nation.
The Vice President Garner flag or pennant was a flag that allow business that hired veterans to be recognized. The flag had a red border then white and a blue star with the number of veterans employed by the company printed in the center of the star.
In most cases with veterans the United States Flag is laid on top of the coffin,then folded, and handed to a family member to keep in honor of their lost loved one. They may lay the flag at the bottom of the vault if there are no surviving family members to take possession of the flag.
The flag is raised on Veterans Day to honor all those, dead and alive, who served in the US armed forces in times of peace and in times of war.
They are being honored for their work.
A flag.
By fighting.
The Department of Veterans Affairs will supply the flag.
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In the USA, the proper way to dispose of an old flag is to burn it. You can also contact a veterans group for assistance.
Coffins are commonly draped with the American Flag, particularly those of soldiers and veterans- but the flag is removed before the body is interred There is no legislation against the flag being buried.
According to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Labor Day is a flag day. Fly the flag to honor all the working men and women who make this country the great nation that it was and is and will be. American flags should especially be flown on Memorial Day, Flag Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, and Independence Day.