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  • Destroy unserviceable flags in dignified way

    By CATRINA FRANCIS
    Gold Standard Senior Staff Writer
    catrina.s.francis2.civ@mail.mil
    This story originally ran in The Turret Sept. 22, 2011.
    According to the United States Flag Code, the flag, when it’s in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.
    Although the Flag Code does not specify how the flag may be destroyed, Mark Kennedy, the commander of American Legion Post 113 in Elizabethtown said a ceremony is conducted prior to destroying the flag.

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  • American flag requires 13 significant folds

    Why the American flag is folded 13 times?
    1. The first fold of our flag is a symbol of life.
    2. The second fold is a symbol of our belief in the eternal life.
    3. The third fold is made in honor and remembrance of the veteran departing our ranks who gave a portion of their life for the defense of our country to attain peace throughout the world.
    4. The fourth fold represents our weaker nature, for as American citizens trusting in God, it is to Him we turn in times of peace as well as in times of war for His divine guidance.

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  • Patton Museum reopening tomorrow

    Fort Knox Public Affairs Office
    The General George Patton Museum and Center of Leadership here will be rededicated at 10 a.m. tomorrow after a three-year, $5 million overhaul and a refocused mission.

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  • Patton Museum to be engaging

    By MAUREEN ROSE
    Gold Standard Acting Editor
    maureen a. rose2.civ@ mail.mil
    Editor’s note: This article was originally published in The Gold Standard – February 28, 2013.
    “This is not your grandfather’s museum,” said Nathan Jones, a man who should know because he’s the curator of the Gen. George S. Patton Museum of Leadership on Fort Knox.

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  • Museum goes high-tech

    By CATRINA FRANCIS
    Gold Standard Senior Staff Writer
    catrina.s.francis2.civ@mail.mil
    Editor’s note: This article was originally published in The Gold Standard – March 29, 2013.
    Change at the Patton Museum became inevitable with the implementation of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure decisions, which prompted the movement of many armor artifacts to the Armor branch’s new home in Fort Benning, Ga.

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  • Museum exhibiting new items

    By CATRINA FRANCIS
    Gold Standard Senior Staff Writer
    catrina.s.francis2.civ@mail.mil
    Editor’s note: This article was originally published in The Gold Standard – April  April 25, 2013.

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  • Museum highlighting leadership

    By RACHAEL
    TOLLIVER
    U.S. Army Cadet Command
    Editor’s note:
    This article was originally published in The Gold Standard – May 30, 2013.
    It’s only fitting that one of the nation’s premier schools of leadership—U.S. Army Cadet Command’s Reserve Officer Training Corps program—has access to a library and museum of the same quality.

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  • Patton Museum dedication is today

    Editor’s note: This article was originally published in Inside the Turret – May 30, 1949.
    Principal speaker at the Patton Museum Dedication here today is Gen. Lucius D. Clay, formerly commander in chief, European command and military governor, United States occupation zone of Germany.
    On this Memorial Day, 1949, distinguished personages, both military and civilian, have gathered here to pay tribute to the memory of one of the most colorful and brilliant fighting men of our time—Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.

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  • General Patton collected souvenirs

    Editor’s note: This article was originally published in Inside the Turret – May 30, 1949.
    General George S. Patton, Jr., like a lot of other American soldiers, liked to collect souvenirs. However, General Patton didn’t bother with small
    Nazi daggers, watch fobs, P-38’s (pistols) or other such trivial things.
    He went for items like tanks, anti-tank guns, weapons carriers, field artillery pieces and so forth.

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  • Patton’s family donate mementos

    Editor’s note: This article was originally published in Inside the Turret – Oct. 1, 1971.
    The Patton Museum has not only had the addition of a new curator recently but also has received some new display items.
    The Patton family has donated three groups of items to the museum that will be displayed with the rest of the Patton collection already on display.

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