She was a single mother and a businesswoman. She was widowed twice before the age of 30 and crafted the bed linens George Washington slept on at Mount Vernon. Like many women during the American ...

And now, Betsy’s supporters also have this: George Washington knew Betsy and her husband, John Ross, because he’d hired the couple two years earlier to do work for his home atMt. Vernon.Last ...

While that story has been tough to corroborate, historian Miller said new evidence found just two months ago proves a connection between Betsy Ross and George Washington. “The staff at Mount Vernon ...

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A worker folds a newly made Betsy Ross flag in Salt Lake City on July 5. (George Frey/Getty Images) I really don’t know whether Kate Cohen’s July 12 op-ed, “The far right can take the Betsy ...

Born in New Jersey and raised in Philadelphia, Betsy Ross, according to lore, stitched America’s first flag for Gen. George Washington in 1776. The real story of the two-time war widow ...

The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in 1949, under World War I combat veteran Harry Truman. He declared in a ...

Fare Thee Well Now Betsy. Clip: Season 1 | 3m 37s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Peg and Cat meet Betsy Ross as they help George Washington navigate the Delaware River. Aired 08/12/2014 | Rating TV-Y ...

The 9-by-12-foot canvas depicts Betsy Ross showing a newly sewn 13-star American flag to George Washington. But the century-old canvas is rolled up and has been in temperature-controlled storage ...

On the 9-foot-by-12-foot canvas that emerged, Ross is showing the new flag with its 13 stars to three heroes of the American Revolution: George Washington, Robert Morris and her uncle, George Ross.

Betsy Ross HouseIn 1776, in a power meeting with Gen. George Washington and two members of the Continental Congress, seamstress Betsy Ross designed the first American flag for the new nation.

This week, Nike is halting distribution of a new sneaker featuring the "Betsy Ross" American flag, which features 13 stars in a circle for the original 13 states.