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2. Betsy Ross flag - Wikipedia

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   Poster for 1917 film Betsy Ross. Betsy Ross (1752–1836) was an upholsterer in Philadelphia who produced uniforms, tents, and flags for Continental forces. Although her manufacturing contributions are documented, a popular story evolved in which Ross was hired by a group of Founding Fathers to make a new U.S. flag.

3. Betsy Ross - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. List of flags of the United States - Wikipedia

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   See also: Flags of the U.S. states and territories A 2.00 m × 1.70 m oil painting showing historical US flags. This is a list of flags in the United States describing the evolution of the flag of the United States, as well as other flags used within the United States, such as the flags of governmental agencies. There are also separate flags for embassies and ships. National flags Main article ...

5. Flag of the United States - Wikipedia

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   The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars.

6. The Soiling of Old Glory - Wikipedia

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   It depicts a white teenager, Joseph Rakes, assaulting a black man—lawyer and civil rights activist Ted Landsmark—with a flagpole bearing the American flag (also known as Old Glory). The image was taken for the Boston Herald American in Boston , Massachusetts , on April 5, 1976, during one in a series of protests against court-ordered ...

7. Gadsden flag - Wikipedia

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   Beginning in 2009, the Gadsden flag was widely used as a protest symbol by protesters who supported the American Tea Party movement. [55] [56] [57] It was also displayed by members of Congress at Tea Party rallies. [58] In some cases, the flag was ruled to be a political, rather than a historic or military, symbol due to the strong Tea Party ...