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To: snippy_about_it
The gold trim is generally used on ceremonial indoor flags that are used for special services and is believed to have been first used in a military setting.

99% of the flags I've seen with gold trim were used this way. I wasn't aware it was supposedly used in a military setting first.

30 posted on 06/13/2004 11:15:06 PM PDT by SAMWolf (I'm as bored as a pacifist's pistol.)
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To: SAMWolf
I still like it "plain" best!


31 posted on 06/13/2004 11:15:59 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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