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Flags of Valor is an American small business that is veteran-owned and veteran-operated. Started in 2015 by Joe Shamess and Brian Steorts and located in Virginia, the business is notable for building wooden flags. The flags are crafted using 'American-sourced tools, supplies and material.’
In June 2015, following the events of the Charleston church shooting, Valley Forge Flag announced that they would cease to sell Confederate flags. [30] [31] [32]During 2020, flag production was initially slowed by the COVID-19 pandemic; however, company officials announced in June of that year that state governors had allowed flag manufacturing plants to reopen.
Flag condition often relates to their usage during the war, so some of the most historically significant examples show the greatest damage. [3] However, flags were not limited to damage from war, such as bullet holes or blood stains – which have specific treatments themselves – but also damage from natural elements such as wind, light exposure, temperature, humidity and pest infestation.
The veteran organization The American Legion weighed in on the upside-down American flag controversy, noting flags should only be flown this way if there is "extreme danger to life or property."
The flag we fly today is not how it appeared two centuries ago. The original flag, created in 1776, was designed with 13 stars and 13 stripes to represent the 13 American colonies.
Nygard's group of artist-veterans create art from what they call "Frontline Paper" — made from pulped uniforms, duffel bags and other soldierly detritus. To call it "art therapy" might be demeaning.