Betsy Ross
Betsy Ross (January 1, 1752 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – January 30, 1836 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), born Elizabeth Griscom and also known by her second and third married names Elizabeth Ashburn and Elizabeth Claypoole,[1] is widely known as making the first American flag.[2][3] There is, however, no evidence that the story is true.[4]
Betsy Ross Media
Painting depicting the story of Betsy Ross presenting the first U.S. flag to General George Washington, by Edward Percy Moran, c. 1917
The “Betsy Ross flag” that she purportedly designed
Reproduction of the Pennsylvania navy ensign. An ensign is the flag flown from the rear of the ship. This flag was used by the Pennsylvania navy during the United States' Revolutionary War in the late 1700s.
Certificate of the American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial Association, issued 1912; at left and right vignettes of the Betsy Ross House and with the then current grave site of Betsy Ross.
The Daughters of the American Revolution erected a flagpole to commemorate the burial site of Betsy Ross in Mount Moriah Cemetery
Betsy Ross 200th Anniversary commemorative stamp, issued in 1952
References
- ↑ The Story of Our Flag..., 2nd Edition by Addie Guthrie Weaver, A.G.Weaver, 1898, page 73
- ↑ Gene Langley, "The legend and truth of Betsy Ross" The Christian Science Monitor 94.141 (6/14/2002): 22.
- ↑ Lucinda Snyder Whitehurst, "Review of The Life and Times of Betsy Ross and The Life and Times of Nathan Hale," School Library Journal 53.7 (Jul 2007).
- ↑ Marc Leepson, "Five myths about the American flag", The Washington Post, June 12, 2011, p. B2.
Other websites
Media related to Betsy Ross at Wikimedia Commons
- Flag: An American Biography website
- Betsy Ross Homepage from ushistory.org
- "Betsy Ross". Find a Grave. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
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