The Daughters or the American Revolution and the Sons of the American Revolution held a flag raising ceremony on Thursday, ...

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 ...

Lisa Acker Moulder, director of the Betsy Ross House historical site in Philadelphia, said that for Ross, conferring with Washington would have been the key point of her account.

The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day arose decades after Betsy Ross sewed her first The intense reverence many Americans feel for Old Glory arose from the Civil War.

Elizabeth Griscom Ross, better known to us as Betsy Ross, lived in Philadelphia. She was an upholsterer by trade, which in the 1700s included all kinds of sewing tasks, including making flags.

The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day came decades after the lifetime of the woman often credited with sewing the first United States national flag.

The woman often credited with sewing the first national US flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her descendants claimed — might have been puzzled by Saturday’s modern Flag Day.

Reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day arose decades after Betsy Ross sewed her first Madeline Burk, portraying Betsy Ross, holds a flag as it is hoisted up at the Betsy Ross House in ...

In Betsy Ross’ day, flags marked ships and told soldiers where they should move in the confusion of battlefield smoke and noise. The intense reverence many Americans feel for Old Glory arose ...

Madeline Burk, portraying Betsy Ross, holds a flag as it is hoisted up at the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia, Monday, June 9, 2025.