What's in a flag?

Mary Katharine Ham answers that in an eloquent and moving post at HughHewitt.com. Here's just a snippet, about the flags that were folded into small cloth triangles in her family's heirloom chest:

Yes, if I ever needed proof of the kind of men my grandfathers were, it was in a cedar chest in my parents' bedroom. Those heavy triangles sent the message before I could fully understand it; they told of Messerschmitts and 38th Parallels and bombardiers before I knew what those words meant. Later, they allowed me, in some small way, to mourn the passing of heroes I had never known. They are much more than flags.

It's a must read.