Griscom, we wrote, also known as Betsy, eloped with John Ross. And "Betsy Ross, of course, sewed the first American flag." The truth ... Congress in the spring of 1776 to discuss a commission ...

The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day came decades after the lifetime of the woman often credited with sewing ...

In Betsy Ross ... The flag is a physical object “that people can relate to,” said Charles Spain, director of the Flag Research Center in Houston. “If you put a flag on a pole, the wind ...

Observances preceded that, including in 1891 at a Philadelphia house of Betsy Ross. But the fervor for the flag that exists today has strong roots in the Civil War, when flag bearers were regarded ...

BREWSTER COUNTY, Texas — A “No Kings” demonstration in Brewster County momentarily turned violent when an Austin man allegedly swung a flagpole at a passing vehicle, according to the ...

Like probably most everyone who's a product of the American social studies curriculum, I had grown up secure in the knowledge that Betsy Ross was responsible for the banner we recognize today as the ...

Guardiani said the group of people involved in making this happen worked tirelessly, highlighting a new native plant garden, pole building with flagpoles, statues of every branch of the military and ...