Why oldest US maker of Confederate flag will stop production
Annin Flagmakers, in business since 1847, announced that it will stop making and selling the Confederate flag.
Annin Flagmakers, in business since 1847, announced that it will stop making and selling the Confederate flag.
The nation's oldest and largest flag manufacturer has decided to stop making and selling the Confederate flag.
Annin Flagmakers, in business since 1847, announced its decision Tuesday. The northern New Jersey company's announcement comes amid calls for South Carolina to remove the flag from its statehouse in the wake of a shooting that killed nine at a historic black church in Charleston.
Company President Carter Beard tells NJ.com the flag has become a symbol of a negative aspect of the country's past.
Beard says the flag represents only a small portion of its business. He says those who value the flag as a symbol of state or regional history will be able to find it through other sellers.
Reggie VandenBosch, vice president of sales at the privately owned Valley Forge聽Flag, said the Pennsylvania-based company also came to the decision to stop making the Confederate flag as pressure grew on South Carolina to remove the banner from outside the State House in Columbia
The move comes as several major retailers, such as Walmart and Amazon, announced Tuesday that they will stop聽selling the Confederate flag.聽
海角大神 reports that CEOs and politicians are voicing support for a removal of the symbol.聽