"Nike made the decision to halt distribution of ... "Indeed, calling it the Betsy Ross flag is misleading." ...

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 ...

“Every historian who’s looked into it has found no credible evidence that Betsy Ross made the first American flag, or helped design it, or even that there was a flag committee,” says ...

An Israeli flag created by a woman dubbed the “Betsy Ross of Israel” has been donated to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in honor of Israel’s 70th anniversary. Rebecca Affachiner, an ...

What’s more, no one can say with certainty that Betsy Ross made the first flag. Or that there was a first flag. That’s the kind of story this is. As one historical consultant has put it ...

“Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes ... abc27 newsletters here Elizabeth Griscom Ross, better known to us as Betsy Ross, lived in Philadelphia.

Betsy Ross, to most Americans means, “Flag Maker.” We see the image, a young woman, large flag draped over her lap, and we just KNOW she made the first Old Glory. A wonderful legend ...

1. Betsy Ross made the first American flag. The Betsy Ross story is the most tenacious piece of fiction involving the flag. There simply is no credible historical evidence — letters, diaries ...

We don't really know who made the first American flag ... to our thoughtful love of America" each year. Did Betsy Ross make the first flag? Betsy Ross, the famed Philadelphia seamstress, is ...

The design of the American flag as we know it today has deep historical roots, particularly involving Betsy Ross and the ...

Betsy Ross interpreters, like Nina Gold ... “We do have a receipt for the second flag that she made for Washington, from about a year later in 1777, and we know from oral history that she contributed ...