Betsy Ross
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United StatesLived 1752 to 1836 · aged 84S. flag, commonly known as the Betsy Ross flag. Though historians dismissed the story both then and now, Ross family tradition holds that General George Washington, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and two members of a congressional committee - Robert Morris and George Ross - visited Ross in 1776.
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Painting depicting the story of Betsy Ross' presenting the first U.S. flag to General George Washington, by Edward Percy Moran, c. 1917
Certificate of the American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial Association, issued 1912; at left and right vignettes of the Betsy Ross House and with the then current grave site of Betsy Ross.
The Daughters of the American Revolution erected a flagpole, then later a plaque and marker to commemorate the burial site of Betsy Ross in Mount Moriah Cemetery![Betsy Ross 200th Anniversary commemorative stamp, issued in 1952[50]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/BetsyRossBicentennial-1952.jpg/500px-BetsyRossBicentennial-1952.jpg)
Betsy Ross 200th Anniversary commemorative stamp, issued in 1952[50]In their orbit 1
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Elizabeth Griscom Ross, also known by her second and third married names, Ashburn and Claypoole, was an American upholsterer who was credited by her relatives in 1870 with designing and making the first U.S. flag, commonly known as the Betsy Ross flag. Though historians dismissed the story both then and now, Ross family tradition holds that General George Washington, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and two members of a congressional committee - Robert Morris and George Ross - visited Ross in 1776. Ross convinced Washington to change the shape of the stars in a sketch of a flag he showed her from six-pointed to five-pointed by demonstrating that it was easier and speedier to cut the latter. However, there is no archival evidence or other recorded verbal tradition to substantiate this story of the first U.S. flag. It appears that the story first surfaced in the writings of her grandson in the 1870s, with no mention or documentation in earlier decades. The myth was later incorporated into a large oil painting that appeared at the 1893 Chicago World's fair. The painter, Charles Weisgerber, subsequently promoted the myth, even buying a house he deemed The Betsy Ross House. He solicited money nationwide for the upkeep of the house as a tourist attraction. With the solicitations, he provided a synopsis of the myth with reproductions of his painting.
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