Properly Folded Texas Flag
“How to Properly Fold the Lone Star Flag of Texas”
The official protocol for properly folding the Texas State Flag was defined by SB 1145 in 2009 by the 81st Texas Legislature. The “end game” is to wind up with a blue field and portions of the Lone Star visible. While a slide rule is not obligatory, it’s intellectually praiseworthy to have one handy for mathematical calculations and to show you are mentally superior to the ignorant and unwashed population who can’t use a slide rule. Just make sure you use a Yellow Rose of Texas slide rule properly marked, “Texas Speed Rule” (see photo).
A properly folded Texas Flag will have a slightly different final appearance depending on the size (aspect ratio) of the Texas Flag used. Note the “Great Wall of Texas” photo, The largest flag in back is a Texas Casket Flag made by seamstresses in the Texas Prison System Women’s Unit. Flags can range in size down to 12” x 18”. Though I don’t recommend folding one that small. The most common “working” Texas Flags are either 3’ x 5’ or 5’ x 8’.
Ideally, two or three native Texans (Texians) should be present to fold the Texas Flag while standing. However, in a flag folding emergency, you can use any clean surface and one man or woman of Texas can do it alone.
After stating, “Remember the Alamo!”, fold the Texas Flag lengthwise with the red stripe facing upwards. Then, fold the flag once again lengthwise, resulting in just the blue field and white field.
Take the lower white corner and fold it upwards and continue to fold the triangle over and back almost identical to how one would fold the United States Flag.
The “finished” product should look “similar” to what you see in the photos. Some of the Texas Flags I have fold nicely like this one and you can easily tuck the two inches or so left under the Lone Star. Other of my Texas Flags, depending on their aspect ratio, have 10 inches or so left over which you have to figure out how to fold and tuck. I have found that folding the two corners of the remainder in and folding it upon itself once or twice more allows me to tuck the remainder under the Lone Star and completing the triangle. Again, depending on the aspect ratio of the flag, you might get a nice half Lone Star or sometimes, just a single point of the Lone Star.
I display the folded Texas Flag as shown in the final photo. Most flag frames are designed to hold a flag in this orientation.
Sons and Daughters of Texas — Respect the Texas Flag! Only a Texan should ever be allowed to fold one. And, by “Texan”, I mean someone born in the Great State of Texas. Someone born outside of Texas can never, ever be a Texan/Texian.
Note: The “demonstrator” Texas Flag I used was nylon. Normally, for a presentation Lone Star Flag, you’d always want one made of cotton. One can take a steam iron and press a cotton flag to achieve a perfect triangle. Also, the white material on some of my flags are slightly yellow. These are “tea stained” or “distressed” flags and they cost more.
That is all.
Properly Folded Texas Flag
“How to Properly Fold the Lone Star Flag of Texas”
The official protocol for properly folding the Texas State Flag was defined by SB 1145 in 2009 by the 81st Texas Legislature. The “end game” is to wind up with a blue field and portions of the Lone Star visible. While a slide rule is not obligatory, it’s intellectually praiseworthy to have one handy for mathematical calculations and to show you are mentally superior to the ignorant and unwashed population who can’t use a slide rule. Just make sure you use a Yellow Rose of Texas slide rule properly marked, “Texas Speed Rule” (see photo).
A properly folded Texas Flag will have a slightly different final appearance depending on the size (aspect ratio) of the Texas Flag used. Note the “Great Wall of Texas” photo, The largest flag in back is a Texas Casket Flag made by seamstresses in the Texas Prison System Women’s Unit. Flags can range in size down to 12” x 18”. Though I don’t recommend folding one that small. The most common “working” Texas Flags are either 3’ x 5’ or 5’ x 8’.
Ideally, two or three native Texans (Texians) should be present to fold the Texas Flag while standing. However, in a flag folding emergency, you can use any clean surface and one man or woman of Texas can do it alone.
After stating, “Remember the Alamo!”, fold the Texas Flag lengthwise with the red stripe facing upwards. Then, fold the flag once again lengthwise, resulting in just the blue field and white field.
Take the lower white corner and fold it upwards and continue to fold the triangle over and back almost identical to how one would fold the United States Flag.
The “finished” product should look “similar” to what you see in the photos. Some of the Texas Flags I have fold nicely like this one and you can easily tuck the two inches or so left under the Lone Star. Other of my Texas Flags, depending on their aspect ratio, have 10 inches or so left over which you have to figure out how to fold and tuck. I have found that folding the two corners of the remainder in and folding it upon itself once or twice more allows me to tuck the remainder under the Lone Star and completing the triangle. Again, depending on the aspect ratio of the flag, you might get a nice half Lone Star or sometimes, just a single point of the Lone Star.
I display the folded Texas Flag as shown in the final photo. Most flag frames are designed to hold a flag in this orientation.
Sons and Daughters of Texas — Respect the Texas Flag! Only a Texan should ever be allowed to fold one. And, by “Texan”, I mean someone born in the Great State of Texas. Someone born outside of Texas can never, ever be a Texan/Texian.
Note: The “demonstrator” Texas Flag I used was nylon. Normally, for a presentation Lone Star Flag, you’d always want one made of cotton. One can take a steam iron and press a cotton flag to achieve a perfect triangle. Also, the white material on some of my flags are slightly yellow. These are “tea stained” or “distressed” flags and they cost more.
That is all.