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 42
theflag maker. It is not generally known that among the manyflags in use in our country to-day, there is an utter lack of uni-formity in the arrangement of the stars. In the selection of a form, three different things should beconsidered—its historical significance, symmetry, and adaptabil-ity. The… … In the form which is submitted. No. 8, with the group of thir-teen stars in the center, representing the thirteen original states,they are arranged in exactly the same form as they ap-pear on the great seal of the United States. The circle contain-ing twenty-three stars, represents the states which…
Ross, Betsy, 1752-1836 · Flags -- United States
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