Legend has it that the first American flag ... of Betsy's daughters) who had heard the story told" describing a moment in which Washington and others come to Ross' shop in the spring of 1776 ...

Flagmaker Betsy Ross is embraced ... each year as Flag Day. The "Spirit of ’76" represents American triumph today. But for those Americans who suffered through 1776, it was the darkest year ...

Although seamstress Betsy ... of the American flag to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. In the speech, Canby claimed that a bereaved Betsy Ross had been approached in 1776 by George ...

In late May of 1776 ... flag committee. Records, however, show that on May 29, 1777, the Pennsylvania State Navy Board paid Mrs. Ross a sizable sum for her work making American flags. Betsy ...

But as many on social media pointed out, the American flag sewn by Betsy Ross is not a symbol of early ... with a 76 in the middle of the stars (for 1776),” says Robert Evans, an investigative ...

Designer of the American Flag,” Leepson said. So why is Ross credited with the deed? “Americans didn’t know the name Betsy Ross until 1870, nearly a century later,” Leepson said.

A Henry Mosler painting 'The Birth of the Flag' depicts Betsy Ross and her assistants sewing the first American flag ... commissioned to create the flag in 1776. There had been a flag design ...

In the bedroom of the Betsy ... flag with a circle of 13 stars hangs over a Chippendale side chair and extends across the floor. Over the weeks in 1776 needed to complete the project, Ross would ...

“It’s a story of the real Betsy Ross and the story of the story. “And it’s worth telling.” The key to both is the parallel story of the American flag ... on July 4, 1776, John ...

As the story goes. . . it was summer in 1776 when General ... into respected seamstress Betsy Ross's Philadelphia home with a layout of the first American flag. She finalized the design - opting ...