I am glad to see this subject discussed. I just made three Quilts of Valor, and I didn't use one of the fabrics I ordered to use because it reminded me too much of a real flag, and I remembered the coffins being draped in the flag. It just seemed wrong to use this fabric. (Actually, I was going to make a pillowcase out of it to put one of the quilts in.) I am glad to know that my instinct was the correct one. I would never want to give a veteran something that would make him or her uncomfortable.
Dina