American flags are made from start to finish at Allied Materials, a factory in Missouri. The process includes cutting dyed cotton, stitching the star field and assembling each element by hand.

Almost every flag in the extensive collection of world flags is recognizable as rectangular. But among all the nations, there ...

I’m not equally bothered by every genre of wrinkle. If a Pride flag emerges haphazardly crinkled from spending 11 months in a basement storage bin, I’m inclined to give it a pass.