Department of Defense: Flags Must be 'Made in the USA'

New law requires US flags be made – and wholly sourced – by US companies. WASHINGTON - It is the ultimate symbol of chest-thumping American patriotic pride and now the United States flag must be "100 percent made in the USA" -- at least where the Pentagon is concerned. A new law requires the Department of Defense -- a major consumer of flags for everything from ships to bases to burials -- fly only flags wholly sourced from home shores. read more