{"data":{"description":"Operating an upholsterer's shop in Philadelphia, Betsy Ross is credited with making the first stars-and-stripes flag. She did so at the request of George ..","title":"Betsy Ross","post_type":"page","content":"\u003ch2 style=\"color: #ad8431;\"\u003eSeamstress\r\nBorn January 1, 1752 — Died January 30, 1836\u003c/h2\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eAttributing Betsy Ross as the maker of the flag is based on family tradition made public by her grandson William Canby in a paper delivered before the Pennsylvania Historical Society in 1870. Records of the Pennsylvania State Navy Board show that payment was ordered for \"making ships' colours, etc.\" on May 29, 1777.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eOperating an upholsterer's shop in Philadelphia, Betsy Ross is credited with making the first stars-and-stripes flag. She did so at the request of \u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/lives-early-america/ramsays-life-washington\"\u003eGeorge Washington\u003c/a\u003e, Robert Morris and George Ross.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eThe stars-and-stripes was adopted as the national flag by a resolution of the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cimg class=\"imgctr\" style=\"color: #000000;\" src=\"/images/earlyamerica/BetsyRossEVENTS100.jpg\" alt=\"Betsy Ross made the first American flag\" width=\"120\" height=\"340\" /\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetsy Ross\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u0026nbsp;\r\n\r\n\u0026nbsp;","menu":[{"path":"lives-early-america","title":"Famous Lives","submenu":[{"path":"lives-early-america/autobiography-benjamin-franklin","title":"Autobiography of Ben Franklin"},{"path":"lives-early-america/ramsays-life-washington","title":"Ramsay's The Life of Washington"},{"path":"lives-early-america/adventures-col-daniel-boone","title":"The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boone"},{"path":"lives-early-america/true-story-paul-revere","title":"The True Story of Paul Revere"},{"path":"world-early-america/famous-obits","title":"Famous Obits"},{"path":"portrait","title":"Portraits"},{"path":"rare-images/last-men-revolution","title":"The Last Men of the Revolution"}]},{"path":"freedom-documents","title":"Freedom Documents","submenu":[{"path":"freedom-documents/bill-rights","title":"Bill of Rights"},{"path":"freedom-documents/declaration-independence","title":"Declaration of Independence"},{"path":"freedom-documents/u-s-constitution","title":"The U.S. Constitution"}]},{"path":"world-early-america","title":"World of Early America","submenu":[{"path":"bookmarks","title":"Early American Bookmarks"},{"path":"world-early-america/famous-obits","title":"Famous Obits"},{"path":"firsts","title":"Firsts!"},{"path":"rare-images/maps","title":"Maps"},{"path":"rare-images","title":"Rare Images"},{"path":"music1","title":"Music"},{"path":"writings","title":"The Writings of Early America"}]},{"path":"boston-massacre","title":"Boston Massacre"},{"path":"milestone-events","title":"Milestones"},{"path":"early-america-review","title":"The Review"},{"path":"home/teachers-students","title":"Teachers"},{"path":"sitemap","title":"Sitemap"}]},"success":true}