National Archives Comes Alive! Young Learners Program: Meet Betsy Ross
Channel: US National Archives
Date: 21/07/2022

Meet Betsy Ross, American patriot and upholsterer who was credited by her relatives in 1870 with making the first United States flag, as portrayed by Kim Hanley. 
 
Did Betsy Ross Design the first American Flag? Most likely no, she did not. Did Betsy Ross Sew a Flag for the American Congress early in the struggle for American Freedom from Great Britain? Yes, indeed she did. Was this Flag the first “Stars and Stripes” ever made? Unfortunately, the answer to this question may never be known, but such facts and myths about Betsy Ross have been recounted by generations of Americans. Learn the inspiring story
of the patriot, upholsterer, and flag-maker that really was Betsy Griscom Ross Ashburn Claypoole.