Families will decide on Flag Folding

The Veterans Administration is protecting the family's decision to use the Flag Folding reading or not. It is the family's choice.

From www.Va.gov:

“Volunteer honor guards are authorized to read the so-called "13-fold" flag recitation or any comparable script;

Survivors of the deceased need to provide material and request it be read by the volunteer honor guards;

Volunteer honor guards will accept requests for recitations that reflect any or no religious traditions, on an equal basis.

Veterans with a discharge other than dishonorable, their spouses and eligible dependent children can be buried in a national cemetery. Other burial benefits available for all eligible veterans, regardless of whether they are buried in a national cemetery or a private cemetery, include a burial flag, a presidential memorial certificate and a government headstone or marker.”