Members of the Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment Honor Guard fold an American flag in preparation to present it to the family during a memorial service for Gordon Huggins at Barbey Maritime Center in Astoria, Ore., March 30, 2019. The flag folding ceremony is a tradition at some military funerals and memorial services in which 13 folds are made in an American flag, each with a special meaning

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