Unlike so many American flags, these are made in the USA — Fairbury, Nebraska, USA

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From left, Melissa Kleitsch, Diane Hynek and Laurie Bessler sew American flags at MSA Brand Products in the McBattas Packaging and Printing building in Fairbury, Nebraska. The former Swingster sewing factory — where Bessler worked for 17 years — has been transformed to produce and sell American flags made in the U.S.


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POSTED: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2015 1:00 AM
By Cole Epley / World-Herald staff writer

FAIRBURY, Neb. — The American flag flapping above the McBattas Packaging and Printing building on the north edge of town is unremarkable as flags go.

At 3-by-5-feet, it’s not especially large. Its colors, of course, are the standard red, white and blue, and it has 50 stars and 13 stripes.


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Melissa Kleitsch sews American flags at MSA Brand Products.


But unlike $4 million worth of Old Glory replicas that were sold in the United States in 2013, this flag was made in America — right here in Fairbury, in fact.

Fred Arnold, owner of MSA Brand Products, which began making the flags in mid-2014, said that’s a big deal symbolically and economically.

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