Ross, Betsy

A seamstress of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries who made flags in Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War . A widely accepted, but undocumented, story holds that she sewed the first American flag in the form of the Stars and Stripes .

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On December 9, 2013, Norris met with Neubauer, her squadron commander Lt Col. Betsy Ross, Col. Tombe, and others.

I went up to one woman dressed as a cross between Betsy Ross and Mrs. Claus and asked her what message she was trying to send.

It is kept by one Mistress Betsy Ross, not much more than a grown-up girl.

Yet this letter was written four months after the time fixed in the alleged Betsy Ross claim.

Debra was working the turnstiles in Betsy Ross gingham, and she caught my eye and snapped a nod at me.

“We must ask the chauffeur where the Betsy Ross house is,” said Mrs. Morton, rising and leading the way to the car.

"Betsy Ross" is a book to be read, and the reader will recommend it.

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