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Handcrafted wooden American flag leaning on a rustic porch
  • Handcrafted wooden American flag leaning on a rustic porch
  • Close-up of the hand-carved 50-star field
  • Wooden American flag mounted in a cozy living room
  • Three handcrafted wooden flags stacked in the workshop
  • Wooden American flag on the workbench among wood shavings
  • Earl Maddox holding the finished hand-carved wooden American flag in his workshop
  • Earl carving a star into the blue canton with a chisel
  • Hand-painting and distressing the red stripes of the wooden flag with a brush
  • Handcrafted wooden American flag leaning on a rustic porch
  • Close-up of the hand-carved 50-star field
  • Wooden American flag mounted in a cozy living room
  • Three handcrafted wooden flags stacked in the workshop
  • Wooden American flag on the workbench among wood shavings
  • Earl Maddox holding the finished hand-carved wooden American flag in his workshop
  • Earl carving a star into the blue canton with a chisel
  • Hand-painting and distressing the red stripes of the wooden flag with a brush
Earl's Hand-Carved USA Flag
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Earl's Hand-Carved USA Flag

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Earl Maddox
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Hand-Carved in Sweetwater, Tennessee

By Earl Maddox, 74 · U.S. Marine, Vietnam veteran · Made from his father’s 1948 barn wood

“You can import the wood. You can import the paint. You can’t import the hands. That’s the only thing that was ever worth paying for.” — Earl Maddox, USMC (Ret.), maker

What arrives at your door

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1 Wooden FlagHand-carved & hand-finished, ready to hang
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50 Carved StarsEach cut by hand, none identical
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Flush Wall MountHangs on a wall, mantel, or porch
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The Maker’s CardEarl’s note on the wood your flag came from

Why it’s nothing like the one on the shelf

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1948 Barn Wood

Cut from the boards of Earl’s father’s tobacco barn. Knots, nail holes, and 76 winters you can’t fake or buy.

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Hand-Cut Star Field

Fifty stars carved with the chisel his father gave him at sixteen. Not stamped, not printed — you can feel the tool marks.

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Thirteen True Slats

The stripes are 13 separate boards with real 3D relief and visible grain. Not a flat print on foam.

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Lived-In Finish

Hand-distressed so it looks like it’s already flown. Color worked into the grain — it ages instead of fading.

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Lifetime Spine

Solid braced back, glued and pinned. The weight of real wood. Hang it once, leave it for the next generation.

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The American Hand

Cut, carved, and finished in Tennessee by a Marine who served under this flag. The one thing no import can copy.

“Most ‘wooden flags’ on the market today are fiberboard with a photograph of woodgrain printed on the surface — no relief, no real timber. A piece like Earl’s, built from individual solid slats with a hand-carved star field, is closer to heirloom furniture than to wall decor. Made correctly, from seasoned reclaimed wood, a flag like this will outlast the person who hangs it.”

— Raymond Acker, Master Woodworker & member, American Folk Craft Guild

Made for

🏡 The mantel or entryway 🎖 A veteran in your life 🎁 Father’s Day & birthdays 🦅 Fourth of July 🏡 The covered porch 🏢 The office or shop 🎖 Memorial & remembrance ★ Anyone who loves this country

The maker’s standard

  • Solid wood, never fiberboard. Real timber with grain you can feel — no foam, no print.
  • Hand-carved stars. Fifty of them, cut one at a time. No two flags are identical.
  • Reclaimed barn wood. Genuine 1948 timber — finite, and impossible to reorder.
  • Made in the USA. Start to finish, by one Marine’s hands in Tennessee.
  • Built to last a lifetime. Braced, pinned, and finished to be handed down, not thrown away.
A note on handmade: Because every flag is carved by hand from reclaimed barn wood, the grain, knots, color, and star pattern vary from piece to piece. No two are exactly alike — the one you receive is genuinely one of a kind. That’s not a flaw. That’s the proof a person made it.

Product details

Material Solid reclaimed wood (1948 barn timber); hand-painted finish
Construction 13 individual slats; hand-carved 50-star field; braced solid back
Finish Hand-distressed weathered Old Glory (red / cream / navy)
Set includes 1 flag, flush wall mount, the maker’s card
Approx. size 23.5 × 12.5 in (60 × 32 cm)
Mounting Wall, mantel, or covered porch (indoor / sheltered)
Care Dust with a dry cloth; keep out of direct rain
Made in Sweetwater, Tennessee, USA — by hand
Each piece One of a kind — grain and markings vary

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