Who Made The American Flag? The Answer Is More Complicated Than Betsy Ross
Many kids learn in school that Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross designed the first American flag in 1776. But this story might be a myth. Wikimedia CommonsThough Betsy Ross is widely know as the adult female who made the American masthead , this call has been mostly disputed by historians . The United States was just a few weeks shy of celebrate its one - twelvemonth anniversary when the Second Continental Congresspassed a resolutionestablishing an official flagstone for the nation in 1777 ....