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Betsy Ross: a just sew story. (History -- Struggle for Freedom).(history of the making of the American flag)
Did Betsy Ross sew the first stars and Stripes? An unbiased look at all historical sources -- written, oral, and pictorial -- lends credence to the story
Anyone over 40 remembers learning about Betsy Ross, credited with sewing the first stars-and-stripes flag for our young nation. However, more recently, some historians have tried to unravel the story's threads.
Although Betsy did not keep a diary, many of the details of her life are beyond argument -- that she ran an upholstery shop, that her shop made flags for the U.S. government until the mid-1800s, that she eloped to marry her first husband, that she was widowed three times, and that she was a ...
- Wreath to be laid on tomb of Betsy Ross June 13; John Cardinal Krol to receive...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 13, 1988 700+ words
...WREATH TO BE LAID ON TOMB OF BETSY ROSS JUNE 13; JOHN CARDINAL KROL TO RECEIVE BETSY ROSS FREEDOM AWARD JUNE 14 Today (June...Congress of the first U.S. flag. John Cardinal Krol will receive the Betsy Ross Freedom Award, and Managing Director...
- BETSY ROSS HOUSE VALUES FLAGS SEWN BY DESCENDANTS.(AT HOME)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) June 30, 1996 700+ words
...donate flags, or any other Betsy Ross-related items, write The Betsy Ross House c/o Arthur Holst...Holst at (215) 627-5343. Betsy Ross (who was born in 1752 and...1836) had three husbands. John Ross, the first husband...
- Flag Day ceremonies at Betsy Ross House. (NEWS ADVISORY)
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 9, 1989 700+ words
...NEWS ADVISORY/ FLAG DAY CEREMONIES AT BETSY ROSS HOUSE Three youngsters, all born on...original 13-star flag was made -- the Betsy Ross House. The oratory competition will...m., in the Atwater Kent Park of the Betsy Ross House, 239 Arch St., Philadelphia...
- Giving lessons on liberty: Betsy Ross, death penalty foe shine light on...
- Newspaper article from: Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL) September 20, 2007 700+ words
...Holly Hollman Sep. 20--Betsy Ross and a death penalty opponent...Athens State University. Betsy Ross spoke Wednesday to Cowart...Lewis, a member of the John Wade Keyes Chapter of...The chapter arranged Betsy Ross' visit at Cowart to bring...
- Betsy Ross painting finds new home in Pa.'s State Museum.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Worden, Amy December 27, 2001 700+ words
...no one has ever proved Betsy Ross sewed that first flag...didn't. "We do know Betsy Ross sewed flags," said Winchell...time in the window of the John Wanamaker department store...the 200th anniversary of Betsy Ross' birth. Sometime in...
- Flag Week at the Betsy Ross House. (Philadelphia) (NEWS ADVISORY)
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 6, 1990 700+ words
...ASSIGNMENT AND PHOTO DESKS: FLAG WEEK AT THE BETSY ROSS HOUSE Capt. Leonard N. Oden and a unit...feet) to "kick off" Flag Week at the Betsy Ross House, 239 Arch St., Philadelphia...of trustees, American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial, in ceremonies in front of...
- Betsy Ross Flag Awards. (NEWS ADVISORY)
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 8, 1990 700+ words
...TO CITY, ASSIGNMENT AND PHOTO DESKS: BETSY ROSS FLAG AWARDS Thirteen Philadelphia area...William L. VanAlen Jr., president, the Betsy Ross House board of directors, will present the annual Betsy Ross Flag Awards at special ceremonies in...
- The tale about Betsy Ross and the flag is still not all sewn up.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Avery, Ron December 2, 1999 700+ words
...you have heard about the Betsy Ross House is true _ except...arranged in a circle, and Betsy Ross actually lived a few doors...under the tombstone in the Betsy Ross House garden are really...and her third husband, John Claypoole. All the hullabaloo...
Source: HighBeam Research, Betsy Ross: a just sew story. (History -- Struggle for...