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The work happens in a small space in northeast Philly, on a military base with jets parked outside.

Inside, a 13-person team spends months hand embroidering the flag that bears the famous presidential seal, complete with the eagle clutching an olive branch in one claw and arrows in the other.

Dung Lam, who learned to sew as a kid in Vietnam, is hard at work on an eagle’s tail feather, stitching tiny diagonal threads of white and gray.

Adam Walstrum, the flag room supervisor, says this speaks to the exceptional nature of their work.

Walstrum says these women think of themselves as a 21st century Betsy Ross, after the famous upholsterer who made flags during the American revolution.

Personality oozes out of Duwenavue Sante Johnson, who eagerly volunteers other women to speak about their craft, and who has studied hand embroidery all over the world: England, France, South Korea.

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