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Flags 100% Made in the USA
Carrot-Top, rebranded as Freedom and Glory — same family, same commitment.
Eric Henry’s t-shirts come with a QR code. Scan it, and you can trace the cotton back to the farm where it was grown. Not a stock photo. The actual farm, with the farmer’s name, phone number, and address. If you want to call Ronnie Burleson in Stanley County and ask about the cotton in your shirt, you can.
In this episode of Freedom and Glory: Tales of American Spirit, Eric sits down with Liz Morris and Bill Lumet to talk about how he built a company around that kind of transparency, and what it takes to make American-made mean something. Watch the full conversation.
How Eric Henry Rebuilt His Company Around People, Planet, and Profit
Eric has been at this for a while. When NAFTA reshaped the apparel industry in the 1990s, he watched the brands TS Designs served pack up and leave North Carolina. He could have followed the same playbook, chasing the lowest cost overseas. Instead, he stayed in Burlington and rebuilt his company around what he calls the triple bottom line: people, planet, and profit. All three, sitting at the same table.
That decision shaped everything that came after. Today, TS Designs (tsdesigns.com) runs a program that lets you trace your t-shirt from the Carolina farm where the cotton was grown through every step of production — all within about 700 miles. A typical t-shirt? It can travel 40,000 miles before it reaches you.
Transparency and Sustainability: More Than Just Buzz Words
“I’m not saying transparency is going to guarantee that everything’s perfect,” Eric says in the episode. “But I can guarantee there’s no secrets.”
That’s not just talk. A few years back, TS Designs walked away from an entire product line, 10,000 pounds of yarn, after learning about the dangers of microplastics. More recently, the team turned down an order because the customer’s values didn’t align.
“If we do not stay with the values that are part of our DNA,” Eric told his staff, “We’ll just shut down the business.” Standing for something means making choices like that.
But Eric isn’t just holding the line. He’s building what’s next. TS Designs is developing t-shirts that are 100% compostable and biodegradable, printed with natural dyes made from marigolds, spent coffee grounds, and black walnuts. Billions of pounds of black walnuts fall to the ground in North America every year. We use about 20 million for food. Eric sees the rest as a resource waiting to be put to work.
“Sustainability is a journey, not a destination,” he says. “We’re constantly learning.”
Why American-Made Matters — And What It Takes to Keep It Alive.
Freedom and Glory shares the same principles as TS Designs: quality, transparency, and the belief that the people behind the product matter as much as the product itself.
American-made is more than a label. It represents jobs in our community, a commitment to fair working conditions, and taking pride in the work we do.
Buying American helps keep our communities strong. You're making sure the factory worker sewing our flags can keep their job. You're supporting our farmers, our technology, and our workforce. Making textiles, including American flags, is a tradition that's lasted centuries — and one worth keeping here at home.
