It took a bit, but the book on the 175-year history of the Annin Flag Company has finally made it to the Bernards Library. And what more appropriate day to present the collectible book than on Flag Day, June 14? The book was given to Brooks Betz, who has been working on building a relationship with the Annin Flag Company, which is also producing the official Bernards Township Flag for the Mr. Local History Project. But Betz felt that the book belongs to the town, so the donation was finally completed to honor the Annins, the American flag, and Bernards Township
I’d like to personally thank Chuck Opramolla from the Annin Flag Company for finding a copy of the sold out book. It’s especially important that the library has this book as it ties back to the history of the Annin family who helped found Liberty Corner in Bernards Township.
The 96-page color book is an incredible look back at the 175 years of New Jersey’s Annin Flag Company, which has been responsible for creating almost every American flag in America’s history since 1847. From Lincoln’s funeral, Iwo Jima, to the World Trade Center, to the first American flag on the Moon, first atop Mt. Everest, first to the North AND South Poles, if you remember seeing an American flag in history, it was probably an Annin flag. The book is a complete history of the company, its flag, its past, and its future.
If you’d like to take a look at the book, check with the Reference Librarian first to see where they catalog and store it. If you can’t get to the library, here’s a digital version.
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Author of the Annin book here. Glad you were able to find a copy for the library.
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