Its a myth. She did sew flags for Naval ships for the State of PA but she was never hired by Congress to design the American Naval Flag. That was done by Francis Hopkinson & his Marine Committee.
Ross didn't make the flag. This is a legend and one started after her death by her grandchildren. A man by the name of Francis Hopkins is recognized by Congress for making the first flag. In 1775 he made a flag for the navy.
George Washington asked Betsey Ross to sew the American Flag.
George Washington,george ross,and Robert Morris
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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.
No, he did not. He never met her and didn't ask her to make a flag. The first flag was commissioned by the navy in 1776 by Francis Hopkins. Congress has recognized him for this. The Ross story comes from her grandson and is just another American fable.
yes Betsy Ross did make the first flag... some senators came by her house and had a meeting with her and they ask if she could make there flag and that's now the flag we use today
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.
According to legend, no. Three members of the Continental Congress, George Washington, George Ross, and Robert Morris met with her in May of 1776 to discuss making the flag. Click on the 'Betsy Ross' link on this page to learn more about the making of the first American flag.She had 7 children only 5 lived. If she didn't make the flag it isn't known right now. This is a story her grandson told in 1870. Congress gives most of the 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.
Betsy Ross was a Philadelphia seamstress, married to John Ross, an upholsterer who was killed in a munitions explosion in 1776. She kept the upholstery shop going and lived on Arch Street, not too far from the State House on Chestnut, where history was being made almost every day. According to most historians, she has been incorrectly credited with designing the first Stars and Stripes. This legend is much like the one where George Washington supposedly "chopped down a cherry tree." Both are quite untrue.
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She didn't make the flag. This is a story her grandson made up in 1870. Congress gives credit to Francis Hopkinsonwho 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.Mary Pickersgillwas contracted to sew two flags for Fort McHenryin 1813. The first flag, which became the Star Spangled Banner, was a garrison flag. The second one was used for foul weather.Read more at the National Museum of American History