Betsy Ross, a fourth-generation America born in 1752 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, apprenticed with an upholsterer before irrevocably splitting with her family to marry outside the Quaker religion. She and her husband John Ross started their own upholstery business. Despite a lack of credible evidence to support it, legend holds that President George Washington requested that Betsy makes the first American flag.
Elizabeth Griscom was born on January 1, 1752, in the bustling colonial city of Philadelphia. She was the eighth of 17 children. Her parents, Rebecca James Griscom and Samuel Griscom were both Quakers. The daughter of generations of craftsman (her father was a house carpenter), young Betsy attended a Quaker school and was then apprenticed to William Webster, an upholsterer. In Webster's workshop, she learned to sew mattresses, chair covers, and window blinds.
The little girl of a skilled worker, Betsy went to a Quaker school and was then apprenticed to William Webster, an upholsterer. In Webster's workshop, she figured out how to sew sleeping cushions, seat spreads, and window blinds. In 1773, at age 21, Betsy crossed the stream to New Jersey to steal away with John Ross, the child of an Episcopal minister who got her ousted from the Quaker church.
The Rosses began their own upholstery shop, and John joined the state army. He died after scarcely two years of marriage. Despite the fact that family legend would ascribe John's passing to a black powder blast, the disease is a more probable offender. Betsy Ross was making flags around that timeâ€"a receipt shows that the Pennsylvania State Navy Board paid her 15 pounds for sewing ship’s standards.
An 1871 pamphlet enthusiastically not only credited Betsy Ross for designing the first U.S. flag but for coming up with the name "United States of America" and writing a hymn that was the basis for the French anthem "La Marseillaise." Americans love the story of Betsy Ross’s making the nation’s first official flag.
There is a barrage of cheap and inferior American flags being imported and sold, that do not comply with the flag statute. This is bad for a number of reasons. Imported flags are cheaply made and more importantly, the designs, materials, colors, and methods of printing do not compare well with the better quality, longer-lasting, and correctly designed flags made by American manufacturers. The Flag Company Inc specialized in flag designs offered a special edition of decals and flags to memorize the history of American flags for the future.
Elizabeth Griscom was born on January 1, 1752, in the bustling colonial city of Philadelphia. She was the eighth of 17 children. Her parents, Rebecca James Griscom and Samuel Griscom were both Quakers. The daughter of generations of craftsman (her father was a house carpenter), young Betsy attended a Quaker school and was then apprenticed to William Webster, an upholsterer. In Webster's workshop, she learned to sew mattresses, chair covers, and window blinds.
The little girl of a skilled worker, Betsy went to a Quaker school and was then apprenticed to William Webster, an upholsterer. In Webster's workshop, she figured out how to sew sleeping cushions, seat spreads, and window blinds. In 1773, at age 21, Betsy crossed the stream to New Jersey to steal away with John Ross, the child of an Episcopal minister who got her ousted from the Quaker church.
The Rosses began their own upholstery shop, and John joined the state army. He died after scarcely two years of marriage. Despite the fact that family legend would ascribe John's passing to a black powder blast, the disease is a more probable offender. Betsy Ross was making flags around that timeâ€"a receipt shows that the Pennsylvania State Navy Board paid her 15 pounds for sewing ship’s standards.
An 1871 pamphlet enthusiastically not only credited Betsy Ross for designing the first U.S. flag but for coming up with the name "United States of America" and writing a hymn that was the basis for the French anthem "La Marseillaise." Americans love the story of Betsy Ross’s making the nation’s first official flag.
There is a barrage of cheap and inferior American flags being imported and sold, that do not comply with the flag statute. This is bad for a number of reasons. Imported flags are cheaply made and more importantly, the designs, materials, colors, and methods of printing do not compare well with the better quality, longer-lasting, and correctly designed flags made by American manufacturers. The Flag Company Inc specialized in flag designs offered a special edition of decals and flags to memorize the history of American flags for the future.