Flagmaker Betsy Ross is embraced as one of the most popular figures of the American Revolution. The young Philadelphia seamstress stitched the original Old Glory in the summer of 1776 at the request ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Famed seamstress Betsy Ross receives much of the glory for creating the American flag. However, many ...

This week, Nike is halting distribution of a new sneaker featuring the "Betsy Ross" American flag, which features 13 stars in a circle for the original 13 states. This week, Nike is halting ...

The Betsy Ross House is a landmark in Philadelphia alleged to be the site where the seamstress and flag-maker Betsy Ross, , purportedly lived when she purportedly sewed the first American Flag. The ...

While Democrats and media pundits pounce to decry the Betsy Ross flag as racially problematic -- with one even likening the symbol to Nazi swastikas -- the very same flag flew prominently during ...

June 14th is Flag Day, celebrating the day in 1777 when the Continental Congress passed a resolution setting out the basic design of the American Flag. And someone, somewhere, had to make the very ...

Four years ago, the Star reported on a Fourth of July display of a large “Betsy Ross” flag on the porch of the late Bernard Vash and Elizabeth Couse. In the story, Vash claimed the flag was known ...

The "Betsy Ross of Missouri" will be inducted Monday into the Hall of Famous Missourians. A bust of Marie Watkins Oliver will be unveiled during a 1 p.m. ceremony in the Missouri House Chamber at the ...