Our Story

Est. 2017

In 2017, deep in the hills of Valley Center, California, we embarked on a new venture, Your American Flag Store was the brilliant idea of our six-year-old son. Despite the enthusiasm and creativity behind the concept, we faced a significant hurdle: at the time, our finances were so strained that purchasing the materials needed to create even a single flag was beyond our means. Our only asset was a $50 Home Depot gift card given to us by my wife’s parents for Christmas. Thus, our business was born from a child’s dream and a modest gift card.

For nearly two years, our family traveled extensively across the western United States, setting up a sales booth crafted by our own hands to showcase our flags. We visited country music concerts, gun shows, rodeos, and various events frequented by devoted patriots. Our hard work paid off when, within the first six months, local news on KUSI San Diego featured our story, capturing the hearts of the community and propelling our business forward.  A star was born in that interview when our 6-year-old son Max stole the show or the interview as it were. 
Watch KUSI Interview  

However, our journey took an unforeseen turn with the onset of COVID-19 and the accompanying lockdowns. With our original business model rendered nonviable, we had to pivot to an online strategy. To our relief, this shift not only sustained but actually grew our business, allowing us to achieve the American Dream of homeownership. We found our dream home 2,200 miles away in Harriman Tennessee, where we were free from the media’s relentless pandemic fear-mongering, yet our American Dream soon faced a daunting new challenge.

Four months after our move, we discovered that our website sales had abruptly halted. Upon investigation, we found that two of our trusted partners, Shopify and Facebook, had begun removing our best-selling American flags from our site and suspending our marketing campaigns, citing violations of their community standards. 

On February 1 2021, with our savings dwindling, bills mounting, and our children hungry, I felt utterly defeated. I returned home, where my wife was in distress over the possibility of losing everything we had built. We prayed together, asking God to show us the path He wanted us to follow—whether to return to our previous jobs or continue with our flag business.

Less than ten hours later, NEWSMAX reached out after seeing a LinkedIn post I had made. They invited me to appear on “Rob Schmitt Tonight” to share our story. PRAYER WORKS, God is listening!
Watch the Rob Schmitt Tonight Show NEWSMAX interview on NEWSMAX     

As if being attacked by Facebook & Shopify were not enough, we were shocked to learn that it was going to get even worse.  PayPal froze all funds in our businesses ecommerce account. This Un-American assault on our website, marketing, and banking dealt a severe blow to our business and dreams.
Watch Fox News PayPal De-Banking Interview

It was disheartening to realize that our small family business had been targeted by three major corporations due to our differing political views. The betrayal by these tech giants, Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook, Tobias Lutke at Shopify, and Dan Schulman at PayPal, was a devastating blow. The thought of being systematically silenced and sabotaged in America because of our conservative and Christian values was both frightening and demoralizing.

In our desperation, we discovered that alternatives to these big tech companies were likely to be equally unwelcoming. Ultimately, I turned to the one source I should have relied on from the beginning, God!
Watch “A Testimony of Gods Love” Video

Facebook, Shopify and PayPal only failed because God put Chris Knowles & Loren Emory of NEWSMAX, Sean & Rachel Duffy of FOX NEWS and Rob Sigg of Real America’s Voice on the path he created for us.  Chris, Loren, Sean & Rachel and Rob brought us on several national news programs to exposed the dirty tactics these 3 massive Big Tech companies have been using to CANCEL our company and thousands more like ours.  These companies use these brutal tactics to bankrupt families, damage reputations and destroy American Dreams and the families who dare to dream!

The exposure from NEWSMAX, FOX News, and Real America’s Voice brought our plight to the national stage, revealing the underhanded tactics of these tech giants. Harmeet Dhillon and the Center for American Liberty soon came to our aid, taking on the fight against Big Tech to allow us to focus on what we do best—crafting the finest American flags.
View Center for American Liberty Case

As we began to see a path forward, we were contacted by Tennessee Legislator Rep. Monty Fritts, who visited our shop to understand our situation. He sought to explore legislative solutions in Tennessee to protect businesses from the predatory actions of Big Tech. In February 2024, I had the honor of testifying before the Tennessee legislature about our experiences with PayPal. The path God has carved for us continues to unfold, offering new opportunities, renewed purpose, and a mission that grows more vital with each step.
Watch my 2024 Testimony to the Tennessee Legislature  

Today and What’s Next

Our current projects are an in-depth exploration of our journey through decades of cancel culture, beginning with a forthcoming book that reveals how my life has been impacted by liberal activism. Starting in the early ’90s when I would be removed from High School Government classes for using our own textbook to de-bunk teachers attempting to indoctrinate my classmates with their lectures load with liberal propaganda. I faced ideological pushback that intensified over the years and reached a peak in 2020, when our family business, Your American Flag Store, was shut down due to our Christian Conservative values. We’re also producing a documentary  called Your American Family in collaboration with Derek Utley and X Strategies, where we uncover the actions of major platforms like Facebook, Shopify, and PayPal, which banded together to undermine our business over our Christian, Law Enforcement, Military, and Trump-themed flags. Finally, through Your American Podcast, we’re delving into the roots of Cancel Culture, tracing its impacts over the last 40 years to uncover the cultural shifts that have brought us here.  Watch the Your American Podcast Introduction

 

To our Customers

For this amazing journey we would like to sincerely thank our customers for all their support!  Along this journey we have been overwhelmed time and time again, and time and time again our customers have given us the time we need to deliver to them a prefect flag for their home or office!  While delivering our flags on time is important to us, it is far more important to us that we delivery the highest quality flag we are able to build.  So for allowing us this time, and trusting us  to build for them their American Flag, we THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH!