The Birth of Old Glory, c. 1917
by Edward Percy Moran
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QUICK FACTS
BORN:
1 January 1752 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DIED:
30 January 1836 in Philadelphia
Buried at the Betsy Ross House
Buried at the Betsy Ross House
- On 14-Jun-1777 the United States adopted a national flag with 13 stars and stripes.
- There is no evidence that Betsy Ross designed the flag. It was probably designed by New Jersey lawyer Francis Hopkinson, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
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Portrait to come. See entry in Wikipedia.
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