The story of our flag, colonial and national, with historical sketch of the Quakeress Betsy Ross (1898)
Weaver, Addie Guthrie · Chicago, A. G. Weaver · leaf 12
as in the latter part of May, 1776,that Washington, accompanied by Colonel George Ross, a mem- COLONIAL AND NATIONAL. 9 ber of his staff, and by the Honorable Robert ^lorris, the greatfinancier of the revolution, called upon i\Irs. Betsy Ross, a nieceof Colonel Ross. She was a young and beautiful… … which stands to-day unchanged, with the exception of one largewindow, which has been placed in the front. It was here, inthis house, that Washington unfolded a paper on which had beenrudely sketched a plan of a flag of thirteen stripes, with a bluefield dotted with thirteen stars. They talked over…
Ross, Betsy, 1752-1836 · Flags -- United States
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