America’s
Footprint
In 1776, a country took its first step.
It wasn’t perfect. It wasn’t certain.
But it moved forward.
Seventy-four years later,
we started making shoes in Newark, N.J.
Built for that same kind of movement.
Purposeful. Unfinished. Going somewhere.
We made them for presidents.
That part’s true.
But we also made them for the people
who built everything around them.
For soldiers heading out and coming home.
For musicians finding a new sound in crowded rooms.
For ballplayers under city lights.
For students becoming something more.
For men clocking in,
and clocking out.
We’ve been there for first days.
And last days.
And all the ordinary days in between
that end up mattering most.
For 176 of America’s 250 years,
we’ve been underfoot.
Not watching history,
walking it.
Because a country isn’t made in moments alone.
It’s made in the steps that carry them forward.
Under the table.
On the factory floor.
In the front row, and far from it.
Wherever it mattered.
Two hundred and fifty years in, America is still moving.
Still figuring itself out.
Still going.
Because the story of this country isn’t finished.
And neither are we,
the ones outfitting her journey.
Our Story
Discover 176 years of craftsmanship, innovation and American heritage— from our beginnings in 1850 to today.
Presidential Footwear
Explore the footwear worn by generations of American presidents and discover Johnston & Murphy's presidential legacy.
