the flag was folded into a triangle, symbolizing a funeral had occured.
the momento of the folded flag is one of the things done when a service member meets a horrible fate.
the symbolism of giving the flag as happened yesterevening is as if it were a funeral.
the old state is dead?
the new state has a flag to give, and unfolded it was also signed, as if it were of authority and a new convenant.
they know exactly what that all symbolized.
the lame duck princess of the lame duck congress bowing down like a vassal at the Easter Bunnies funeral