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2BetsyRoss:FirstFlagMakerTrueorfalse?BetsyRosssewedthefirstAmericanflag.Wouldyoubesurprisedtoknowbothanswerscouldberight?Manyhistorianssayyes.Othersno.Let’slookatsomefactsaboutthisamazingRevolutionaryladyandseewhatyouthink.ElizabethorBetsywasbornonJanuary11752toSamuelandRebeccaGriscomofPhiladelphiaPennsylvania.TheGriscomfamilywereQuakers.Quakersareareligiousgroupwholeadasimpleprayerfullifeanddonotbelieveinviolence.Betsywastheeighthchildinafamilyofseventeenchildrensoitwasonlynaturalshewouldlearntosew.Duringthe1700’severythingafamilyusedfromclothestoblanketsmustbemadebyhand.StoriestellusBetsyenjoyedsewingduringheryearsattheFriendsSchool.(FriendisanothernameforQuaker.)Shedesignedherownsamplersandwonmanyprizes.Whenherschooldaysendedshewenttoworkinanupholster’sshopinPhiladelphia.Anupholstermadeclothesblanketscoversforfurnitureandflags.BetsysoonmetJohnRossandtheyweremarriedin1773.Theydecidedtoopentheirownupholsteryshop.TheRoss’workedlonghoursbutbusinesswasslow.AmericawasatwarwithGreatBritainandtimeswerehard.EventhoughBetsybelievedAmerica’sdisputewiththeBritishshouldbesolvedinpeacefulwaysshetriedtohelp.Shegavefoodandwatertosoldiersandhelpednursetheinjured.JohnjoinedthePennsylvaniamilitia.Sadlyhewasguardingastorehouseofammunitionwhenitexploded.Betsynursedhimformonthsuntilhediedofhiswounds.NowawidowBetsydecidedtokeephershopopen.AtthebeginningofthewarAmerican’sfoughtundertheGrandUnionFlag.IthadthirteenstripesofredandwhitewithasmallBritishflagintheupperleftcorner.AsthewarprogressedGeneralWashingtondidnotwantourflagtohaveanyremindersofBritain.WeneededanewallAmericanflag.LegendtellsusthatGeneralWashingtonwenttovisitBetsyandaskedhertosewthef