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SANDY — Since the war's start, Ukraine's blue-and-yellow flag has become a familiar symbol of freedom and has flag makers in Utah scrambling to meet orders.
At Colonial Flag in Sandy, workers cut and sewed blue and yellow fabrics as fast as they could.
Much of its production is now devoted to Ukrainian flags and it outsourced just to keep up.
Last year, the company sold less than 10. In the last two weeks alone, it has sold more than 400 and orders keep flying in.
"We have county governments, city governments, businesses, and individuals, requesting flags, said Devaughn Simper of Colonial Flag. "Most people want to do something to support the effort in Ukraine in one fashion or another to show their solidarity with the people there."
Colonial Flag says it hasn't seen demand for a single flag like this since 9/11.
Gov. Spencer Cox ordered the flag to fly over the State Capitol on Feb. 28.
Cox called it "a symbol that Utah stands in solidarity with Ukraine."
The Utah Jazz lit up Vivint Arena on the same day. The organization used a series of high-powered lights that projected blue and yellow on the arena.
At President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on March 1, people in the House chamber wore and waved Ukrainian flags.
The New York Times reported other states like Arizona, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas and Florida are also working hard to keep up with the demand.
For a time on Thursday morning, a 3-by-5-foot polyester Ukrainian flag was the best seller in the Patio, Lawn, and Garden section on Amazon, the Times reported.
