Oh say, is that banner made in the U.S.A.?
By Kim Mendelsohn, Special to Stateline.org


Image courtesy of Annin & Co
Following Tennessee's lead, seven states have moved to guarantee domestic production of all U.S. flags purchased by the state government. One other state seeks to bar all foreign-made flags.
It was seeing foreign-made American flags at a veteran’s memorial ceremony that inspired a West Virginia legislator to act.

State Del. Jack Yost (D), a former Army reservist, recently proposed a bill that would require that all flags purchased with state funds be made in the U.S.A.. He’s not alone — lawmakers in nine other states also have moved to restrict sales of foreign-made flags.

“Our veterans, they’re made in the United States,â€