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Stop the Ban on God at Our Veterans Cemeteries!

The National Cemetary Administration has banned honor guards from reciting the reasons they fold the American flag 13 times when honoring our departed veterans.  The recitation includes references to God.  Please sign the petition below to urge Undersecretary William F. Tuerk to rescind this gag order and allow God back into our national cemeteries!

For a more in depth article on this travesty please click here.  For the text of the flag folding recitation, click here.

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Petition to Rescind the Ban On God and

Allow the Meaning of the 13 Folds of the American Flag to be Recited At Veterans Cemeteries

Directed to the Hon. William F. Tuerk

Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs at the Department of Veterans Affairs


I, the undersigned, do hereby demand that the National Cemetery Administration rescind its ban on God at the funerals of our nation’s veterans.


The recitation of the meaning of the thirteen folds of the American flag is a proud tradition that honors our nation’s religious heritage and the service and sacrifice of the members of our armed forces and their families.  If the families of veterans would like the ceremony included in the memorial services of their loved ones, then the National Cemetery Administration should comply with their request and permit its employees, volunteers and any other government-related officials to participate in this tradition.


Furthermore, any volunteer honor guard currently defying this gag-order should not be punished or discouraged in any way from continuing to perform this solemn ceremony until this unconstitutional edict is officially lifted.

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