Category: US Flag History

The Story of Betsy Ross

| November 27, 2011 | 0 Comments

Betsy RossIt’s a story many of us read about in grade school. In May of 1776, on a swelteringly hot day in Philadelphia, three men walked purposefully along the cobblestones toward a small house on Arch Street. Just a few days before, these men had been appointed to a special task by the fledgling U.S. Congress, and they were now carrying out their commission.

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