Dec 19, 2009
Article abstract: Using an original idea presented to her by George Washington, Betsy Ross is reputed to have designed and sewn the first official American flag.
Elizabeth “Betsy” Griscom was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 1, 1752. She was the eighth of seventeen children of Samuel and Rebecca Griscom and part of the fourth generation of Griscoms in America. The Griscoms lived on Mulberry Street (now Arch Street), near Fourth Street, and Samuel was a well-known carpenter.
Little is known of Betsy Griscom’s early...
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