Most every day is Flag Day for Philly seamstresses

By Kathy Matheson

Published June 14, 2012 7:27am ET

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Most every day is Flag Day for Philly seamstresses — In this Tuesday, June 12, 2012 photo, Hue Nguyen, 59, of Philadelphia, draws the presidential flag pattern for the fabric workers at the Defense Logistics Agency in Philadelphia. About 10 miles from the house where Betsy Ross is believed to have sewn the first U.S. flag, Nguyen is one of about a dozen seamstresses at a military supply operation who are the sole producers of the hand-stitched presidential banners. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) | Brynn Anderson

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Move over, Betsy Ross. There’s a new generation of flag makers in Philadelphia.

A dozen seamstresses who work at a military supply operation are responsible for hand-embroidering all of the nation’s presidential flags.

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