Betsy Ross
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Elizabeth Griscom Ross (1752-1836) was a Philadelphia seamstress.
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According to the historians, she has been incorrectly credited
for the design of the first Stars and Stripes.
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George Washington was a constant visitor to the home of Mrs.
Ross before he received the job of being the Commander of the Army.
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Around the first of June, 1776, George Washington, General
of the Continental Army, came to Ross with two representatives of Congress-
Colonel Ross and Robert Morris.
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Washington and the two men had come to ask Betsy to sew the
flag they had designed; Betsy was the one to suggest 5 pointed stars instead
of 6 pointed stars.
Did You Know...?
The story of the creation of our first flag was first
told in 1870 by one of Betsy's grandsons, William J. Canby, at a meeting
of Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Bibliography
Photo found: http://www.hgtv.com/HGTV/project/ 0,1158,FOLI_project_27887,FF.html
Information found: http://www.usflag.org/about.Betsy.Ross.html