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Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag. At least, that's what we were taught in school. But when historians go searching…there’s no proof to be found. So how did this story get started?
On July 1, at the behest of Colin Kaepernick, Nike recalled their special Betsy Ross Flag ... American exceptionalism, an African father did everything in his power to make sure his children ...
She refers to herself as the Black Betsy Ross, a reference to the historical figure considered the first person to sew a U.S. flag ... in designing the flag. Not only did the teacher raise ...
(He also took the flag of the National Geographic Society with him, too.) The flag did not ... seamstress Betsy Ross is widely believed to have stitched the first-ever American flag after making ...
It's never been confirmed whether Betsy Ross was the person who sewed the first American flag, though she's widely credited with the task. Her former home, where she would have sewn the first ...