If you’ve been on the lookout for some truly inspiring reads for the young girls (and boys) in your life, you’ve come to ...

I was even tempted to add a bathrobe, one of those items that places like Joann inexplicably stock alongside craft supplies, ...

Two hundred and forty eight years ago on June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution stating that “the flag of the United States be 12 stripes, alternate ...

Annual Flag Festival will be in full swing at the Betsy Ross House (239 Arch St.,) and what locals can expect out of this ...

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 ...

A bedding project for Mount Vernon is based on documents that tie George Washington to Betsy ... Ross may have, indeed, sewn the first Stars and Stripes national flag. Historians have backed away from ...

But stitching America’s first ... Ross sewing the first Stars & Stripes is tightly woven into the colorful fabric of America’s rich history. The Betsy Ross House, the birthplace of the ...

DID Betsy Ross make and design the first American flag? View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

Flagmaker Betsy ... make one." Ross’ completed version had 13 alternating red and white stripes – one for each American colony – and 13 white stars on a field of blue. It was the first flag ...

It's red, white and blue—and a proud symbol of African American history. Meet the Juneteenth flag. The post The Juneteenth Flag: The History Behind Its Colors and Symbols appeared first on Reader's ...

In 1934, she made aliyah as a single woman hoping to work with Henrietta Szold, which did not come to be. What she accomplished as a single American ... flag" and named Rebecca the "Betsy Ross ...

Carol Spacht stepped into the shoes of the woman known for having sewed the very first U.S. flag. Now she is one of the women bringing that history to life for the many visitors of the Betsy Ross ...