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AnswerThe folds do not represent the original 13 colonies, nor do they have any official symbolic meaning. If a list of "meanings" is recited after each fold at a military funeral, it is at the behest of the family of the fallen. There is no official military ceremony that requires a list of meanings to be read.

The flag is folded like it is because the final shape is best for presentation. The 13 folds are simply a function of the dimensions of the flag.

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