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The Betsy Ross flag is an early design for the flag of the United States, which is conformant to the Flag Act of 1777 and has red stripes outermost and stars arranged in a circle. These details elaborate on the 1777 act, passed early in the American Revolutionary War , which specified 13 alternating red and white horizontal stripes and 13 white ...
Elizabeth Griscom Ross (née Griscom; [1] January 1, 1752 – January 30, 1836), also known by her second and third married names, Ashburn and Claypoole, [1] was an American upholsterer who was credited by her relatives in 1870 [2] with making the second official U.S. flag, [3] accordingly known as the Betsy Ross flag.
George Preble (1816–1885), author of History of the American Flag (1872) and photographer of the Fort McHenry flag; Joe Rosenthal (1911–2006), photographer of Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima; Betsy Ross (1752–1836), said to have sewn the first U.S. flag in a popular legend, and after whom the Betsy Ross flag is named
Many remember learning the story of Betsy Ross and the original American flag at some point in their life. Images show Ross, a seamstress from Philadelphia, sewing the original red, white and blue ...
The Gadsden flag was created from a political cartoon, it was first seen carried into battle by Continental Marines. Legend holds that the Betsy Ross flag was the first version of the current American flag, and is depicted in artwork featuring General George Washington.
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Version of the "Betsy Ross" design of the first flag of the United States (i.e. with 13 stars in a circle), shown with shorter canton and modern 19:10 flag proportions. Apocryphal legend states it was created by Betsy Ross, though this is disputed. The stars all face outward and represent a new constellation. This flag was used from 14 June ...
The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross is a 1927 MGM silent fictionalized film short in two-color Technicolor, about the making of the U.S. flag by Betsy Ross. [2] [3] It was the first of the "Great Events" series co-produced by Technicolor and Colorcraft Pictures Inc., and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The basically ...