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Article: A brief history of Annin & Co. flags.(MADE IN AMERICA)
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- Country Living
- Article date:
- July 1, 2009
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This New Jersey-based firm creates the star-spangled banners that hang in the White House and at the United Nations--not to mention from countless front porches across America. Annin flags have also flown at the inauguration of every U.S. president since 1849, when Zachary Taylor was sworn into office. (Two- by three-foot cotton flag, $27.90; annin.com for stores)
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1847
Brothers Benjamin and Edward Annin establish Annin & Co. in New York City to capitalize on their father's success making hand-sewn flags for ships on Manhattan's waterfront.
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1909
After an arduous ...
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