States force workers to buy flags made in America
Boston Globe - United States
By Kelsey Abbruzzese
Associated Press Writer / January 24, 2009
BOSTON—Bruce Aldrich hangs the American flag outside his home each morning. What the former Marine never wants to see is a "Made in China" tag hanging from the Stars and Stripes.
Aldrich led a campaign for a new law, passed this month, that requires state agencies to buy only domestically made American flags. Aldrich began the push after a Fourth of July shopping trip in 2007, when he was surprised to find so many U.S. flags weren't made in this country.
"It was a shame that American flags were being made in a foreign country and being sold in our country," said Aldrich, 68.
With its new law, Massachusetts joined a handful of other states that have similar measures, including Minnesota, Tennessee and Missouri. Officials are considering similar laws in Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Vermont.
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