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THERE’S NOTHING MORE AMERICAN THAN THE AMERICAN FLAG.

BUT IT MAY SEEM A LITTLE LESS AMERICAN WHEN YOU CONSIDER MILLIONS OF OUR FLAGS ARE IMPORTED — MOSTLY FROM CHINA

NOW, NEWLY PASSED LEGISLATION WILL ENSURE MORE OF OUR NATION’S FLAGS ARE MADE IN THE U-S.

REQUIRING ALL AMERICAN FLAGS BOUGHT BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BE COMPLETELY MANUFACTURED IN THE U-S AND USE ONLY AMERICAN-MADE MATERIAL.

THE “ALL AMERICAN FLAG ACT” IS EXPECTED TO BE SIGNED INTO LAW SOON BY PRESIDENT BIDEN.

CURRENTLY, THE U-S IMPORTS MILLIONS OF FLAGS FROM OVERSEAS AND FEDERAL RULES REQUIRE ONLY THAT THE GOVERNMENT BUY FLAGS CONTAINING HALF U-S-MADE MATERIAL. 

DATA FROM 2017 SHOWS THE U- S IMPORTED 10 MILLION AMERICAN FLAGS– AND MORE THAN 99 PERCENT CAME FROM CHINA.

THE FIGURES INCLUDE ALL AMERICAN FLAGS IMPORTED– NOT JUST THOSE PURCHASED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

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