Showing American Pride and Manufacturing Innovation on Independence Day

Touring the Alliance Specialties facility during its recent open house event, the American flag and the very appropriate words on a wall caught my eye, provoking me to snap this shot.

There is no American flag appliqued on this semi truck, but what is declared makes it clear that Chicago Mold Engineering wants everyone to know what they're moving is American-made molds and other products.

This year's Leadtime Leader Award winner, Graphic Tool Corp., displays its honors and its patriotism proudly for all who enter the shop to see.

At Amerimold, many shops showed their pride in American manufacturing, with perhaps the biggest display made by A-1 Tool and Engineering, shown here.

Superior Tooling also put its USA pride front and center at Amerimold this year. There is definitely no mistaking this company's patriotism.

Anyone who has the opportunity to visit the new Haas training center at Vincennes University in Lebanon, Indiana, will be greeted out in the showroom and machine shop by Old Glory.

Kym Conis (left) and Susan Denzio of the American Mold Builders Association paused for this picture during Amerimold 2017. No, they didn't have a flag in their booth, but they represent and promote the services of many proud U.S. mold manufacturers every day--Need I say more?

This image is from my personal photographs taken during a recent trip to Boston, Massachusetts. Note the year this cemetery was first established, and know that several Minute Men and many of their family members are interred here. If not for these men and their compatriots, the United States of America might still be under British rule. Freedom is never free.