She didn't join them.She didn't make the flag. This is a story her grandson made up in 1870. Congress gives credit to Francis Hopkinson who designed the flag. The first flag was made for the navy in 1776 and it was a basic British flag with stripes. The second flag had stars where the British flag had a cross.
Yes Betsy Ross is a Quaker, she was schooled at a public Quaker school and her parents were Quakers. But she was expelled from the Quaker congregation after her eloping with her first husband John Ross. She later joined the "Fighting Quakers" which supported the war effort unlike the traditional Quakers
Her husband died. She joined the Fighting Quakers who supported the war effort. Their meeting house was a few blocks from Betsy Ross's house. She re-married in 1777 and had two daughters. After the death of her second husband she married a third time. She gave birth to 5 more daughters. Betsy Ross died in 1836 at the age of 84.
Her husband died. She joined the Fighting Quakers who supported the war effort. Their meeting house was a few blocks from Betsy Ross's house. She re-married in 1777 and had two daughters. After the death of her second husband she married a third time. She gave birth to 5 more daughters. Betsy Ross died in 1836 at the age of 84.
Betsy Ross was raised in a family of Quakers. Thus she herself is a Quaker.
she went because they knew she was wealthy in the inside (nice).
The stamp to honer Betsy Ross has a picture of Betsy on it.
Betsy got a fairly good education. She went to a quaker school and wore very plain clothes. The Quakers belive that there should be very strict disipline.
Betsy Ross feared nothing
betsy ross is a colonists
Betsy Ross was not deaf.
betsy ross is good
Betsy Ross was not made by anybody.