The Betsy Ross flag was an early design of the U.S. flag.It featured 13 stars, instead of the 50 seen in the current version of the flag, along with the white and red stripes.

Therefore, there is no original Betsy Ross flag that exists, but a replica can be found at the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia, according to the National Flag Foundation. Image 1 of 3 next ...

Although seamstress Betsy Ross is often credited as the maker of the first American flag, there’s no evidence that’s true. The myth was born during a wave of flag fervor that swept the nation ...

Elizabeth Griscom Ross, better known to us as Betsy Ross, lived in Philadelphia. She was an upholsterer by trade, which in the 1700s included all kinds of sewing tasks, including making flags.

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 ...

Did you know that the American flag has changed many times since Betsy Ross' first rendition? Betsy Ross will always be known as the first flag trailblazer! CC BY History101, Evolution of the ...

Then in 1777, it was Betsy who created the very first American flag based on the congressional resolution. Rare, 13-star flags on display for 1st time at Philly museum At least, that is the story.

Flag Day was founded by Bernard Cigrand. We don't really know who made the first American flag. There have been 27 versions of the U.S. flag. Flag Day, observed annually on June 14, celebrates the ...

The Betsy Ross flag may just be a tall tale. But according to Ross family legend, it was a year earlier when the Founding Fathers walked into Ross' home, where she sat sewing.

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.

Betsy Ross is credited with creating the first Stars & Stripes American flag. Her real contributions to the American Revolution are perhaps much more dramatic than the flagmaking legend.

The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day arose decades after Betsy Ross sewed her first The U.S. Capitol is seen past American flags on the National Mall, Friday, June 6, 2025, on the ...