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Marc Rivers

Inside the workshop where presidential flags are lovingly made, mostly by immigrants

The presidential flag (center) is hand embroidered. (Caroline Gutman for NPR)

Philadelphia – city of brotherly love, birthplace of American democracy. And the only place in the world where presidential flags are made.

The work happens in a small space in northeast Philly, on a military base with jets parked outside. It's called the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Flag Room. Inside, a 13-person team spends months hand embroidering the flag that bears the famous presidential seal, complete with the eagle clutching an olive branch in one claw and arrows in the other.

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