Why did George Washington ask Betsy to make a flag every year?

Answer 1

She didn't make the flag. This is a story made up by her grandson. A man by the name of Francis Hopkins in 1776 was commissioned to make a flag for the navy. Congress has recongnized Hopkins for making the flag.

Answer 2

To respect the constitution.

Wrong. The constitution wasn't written until 1789 and the first flag was made for the navy in 1776 by Francis Hopkins. Congress has recongnized him as the designer of the flag. The Ross story comes from her grandson. She didn't make the flag and never met Washington. This is another fable in American history.

Answer 3

George Washington never recorded that he met Betsy Ross. That story was first reported in 1870 by Betsy's grandson. There are no historical records that confirm that Betsy Ross had anything to do with making the first American flag.

Answer 4

Nobody knows for sure that Betsy Ross designed the U. S. flag or sewed the first one. She was a seamstress in the the 1770s and COULD have done that. Among the papers she left, there is a record of her having been paid for "naval colors," which would be one or more flags for ships.

Many years after Mrs. Ross was dead, her grandson declared that she had designed the flag. He would have been about four years old at the time, and what he remembered later in adulthood may or may not have been accurate.

Answer 5

He didn't ask her.This is a story her grandson made up. 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.

Answer 6

No. This is a story her grandson made up. 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.

Answer 7

Congress has recognized Francis Hopkins as the creator of the flag. He designed the flag for the Navy in 1776. The story about Ross is just that a story and is not true.

Answer 8

She didn't want to . George Washington, Robert Morris,and George Ross asked her to create a flag that would represent our country with independence.

♥K.Bieber

Answer 9

George wanted a flag that the Americans could rally under.