For many years, it was believed that seamstress Betsy Ross sowed the first official American flag after the Second Continental Congress passed the Flag Resolution in June 1777. Scholars and ...

Philadelphia Betsy Ross impersonator Carol Spacht traded in her usual red, white, and blue for Eagles green as she raised the Eagles flag to kick off Super Bowl week. The flag raising event was held ...

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 ...

The Betsy Ross House, the birthplace of the American flag, is alive with the sights and sounds of the 18th century.

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.

Col. George Ross was a respected Philadelphian and also the uncle of her late husband, John Ross. Naturally, Betsy Ross already knew George Ross as she had married his nephew.

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. According to the Wall Street ...

The Betsy Ross flag was created in the early years of the Revolutionary War, though likely not by Ross herself. It has been co-opted by far-right groups to invoke revolution against perceived tyranny.

PHILADELPHIA — Halloween tales told at the Betsy Ross House have nothing to do with flag making — or even ghosts. There are no cheap scares amid the lantern light — no colonial-costumed ...

Digital Brief: July 4, 2023 (AM) In the bedroom of the Betsy Ross House, a reconstruction of where the upholsterer worked on her most famous commission, a long flag with a circle of 13 stars hangs ...

Did Betsy Ross make the first flag? Betsy Ross, the famed Philadelphia seamstress, is often credited with making the first flag. But there's no proof she did.

Madeline Burk, portraying Betsy Ross, holds a flag as it is hoisted up at the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ASSOCIATED PRESS ...