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  • n  American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)
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  • A banner at Betsy's house
    THE CITY marked Flag Day yesterday, and it was hopping at Betsy Ross House in Old City. Michael C. Axelrod (right), vice president of the Philadelphia Flag Day Association, holds a flag from Czechoslovakia with 48 six-pointed "Jewish" stars that may have been made by Holocaust surviors. Behind him is a framed flag with 48 sequined stars that was handmade in secret during the German occupation of ...
    June 15, 2013 - Philly.com
  • Grand old fun at the Betsy Ross House
    Flagfest continues at the Betsy Ross House with a Flag Day celebration Friday, and tomorrow is Stars and Stripes Saturday.
    June 14, 2013 - Philly.com
  • Lore about Betsy Ross sewing Stars and Stripes caught fire years after her death
    Born Elizabeth Griscom on Jan. 1, 1852, in Philadelphia, Betsy Ross was brought up in the Quaker religion. But she was shunned by her family and the church after she eloped in November 1773 with Episcopalian John Ross, whom she met while doing an apprenticeship at an upholstery shop, according to ushistory.org.        
    June 13, 2013 - Orlando Sentinel

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