A grand old flag maker
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It flew when Americans first arrived at the North and South Poles. It waved when the first American reached the top of Mount Everest. And we've seen our flag go where no flag has gone before, when Neil Armstrong planted the Stars and Stripes in the lunar dust.
The American Flag is certainly a symbol, but behind every piece of cloth, there's often someone behind a sewing machine – and for 175 years, Annin and Company has given us miles and miles of red and white stripes, along with oceans of blue and enough stars to fill a galaxy, reports "Sunday Morning" host Jane Pauley.
Annin is the nation's oldest and largest flag makers. Starting out as ship outfitters in New York, the family business changed course, and focused solely on making flags fulltime in 1847.
