A late 18th-century version of the American flag is making 2019 headlines. Nike has pulled shoes featuring a "Betsy Ross flag" after former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick said the design was ...

with some questioning whether Ross created the flag. Legend has it that the first American flag was made by Betsy Ross, an upholsterer from Philadelphia. The U.S. Department of the Interior ...

"Nike is a company proud of its American heritage." The flag we now call the Betsy Ross flag has a circle of 13 five-point stars in a blue patch on the top left corner. Thirteen alternating red ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Henry Mosler painting 'The Birth of the Flag' depicts Betsy Ross and her assistants sewing the first American flag, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1777. A Henry Mosler painting 'The Birth of the ...

Conservatives absolutely love to hate Colin Kaepernick, and a recent controversy centering around Fourth of July-themed Nike sneakers proved to be no exception. On Monday evening, Nike announced ...

Betsy Ross married again in June 1777 ... "She continued to tell the story of how she made the first American flag to her children and grandchildren," the museum reports. Ross did spend decades ...

Did Betsy Ross make the first flag? Betsy Ross ... “Old Glory” is exhibited at the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. The Continental Congress left no record as ...

Canby, grandson of Betsy Ross, had one. In a speech given to the ... The Ross House bills itself as "the birthplace of the American Flag," but its origins are uncertain. We have no definitive ...