Made in the U.S.A. Made in Mathews County. Made for the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration. Chances are that these labels are true if you purchase a United States flag with embroidered stars. If the flag is made by Annin Flagmakers, you can be certain that the field of stars embroidered on a blue background came from Mathews. Star Fields, LLC, is the Cobbs Creek star field-making division of Annin. It began operations in 1970 as D&P Embroidery, and was sold to Annin in 2006. Many of its employees have been making star fields for decades, and members of the founding Downs family are still working there. Bruce Love of Moon, whose grandfather Ray Downs was one of the D&P founders, began as a helper there in 1992 at the age of 19 and has worked his way up to plant manager. He is a flag man, heart and soul. “I was spinning my wheels for a year after graduation” from Mathews High, he said. “My grandfather said ‘try it out’” and he is still there. Love said the flag design for Ame...