According to Business Week, every president since Ronald Reagan has taken the oath of office in a pair of American-made Allen Edmonds shoes. Yet President Obama broke tradition in 2009 by wearing Chinese-made Cole Haan shoes.
Allen Edmonds is one of the finest shoe manufacturers in the world and is one of the last firms to continue producing high-quality shoes in America.
President Obama should support quality American craftsmanship and re-establish an American tradition by wearing Allen Edmonds shoes for his 2013 inauguration.