I see your pov, but just consider this. In the military we have very strict rules for the colors. Not everyone in the military really cares that much about it, but strict rules do exist. There are many other ways a flag could be decorated, just look at the thin blue line. But the gold fringe is the only decoration we are authorized (and sometimes required) to use.
That being said, there are flags we use that have the fringe and some that don’t. I won’t even pretend to tell you what the difference is, but I will tell you that we would never carry anything other than the national standard, with or without gold fringe.what this tells me is that there was/is a reason for the gold fringe. Maybe it truly was pure decoration. But why did we need to decorate it in the first place? Why aren’t we allowed to decorate it in any other way? Just something to ponder.
I see your pov, but just consider this. In the military we have very strict rules for the colors. Not everyone in the military really cares that much about it, but strict rules do exist. There are many other ways a flag could be decorated, just look at the thin blue line. But the gold fringe is the only decoration we are authorized (and sometimes required) to use.
That being said, there are flags we use that have the fringe and some that don’t. I won’t even pretend to tell you what the difference is, but I will tell you that we would never carry anything other than the national standard, with or without gold fringe.what this tells me is that there was/is a reason for the gold fringe. Maybe it truly was pure decoration. But why did we need to decorate it in the first place? Why aren’t we allowed to decorate it in any other way? Just something to ponder.