Betsy Ross House Hosts Special Events for Women's History Month Brandon Aubrey is reportedly seeking to dramatically reset ...

The history of the United States flag dates back centuries, to the time of the revolution when American colonists sought to separate from the British Empire. However, for more than 245 years, the flag ...

You’ve heard the legend. But stitching America’s first flag is just a small part of the Betsy Ross story. Courageous rebel… Grieving widow… Working mom… Business owner… Survivor. Throughout the ...

A bedding project for Mount Vernon is based on documents that tie George Washington to Betsy Ross. Betsy Ross interpreters, like Nina Gold, using period materials and technique, are sewing a ...

History buffs have an opportunity to enter portions of the Betsy Ross House that are typically blocked by plexiglass barriers – like the bedroom where the seamstress purportedly stitched the first ...

The Jewish eight-day festival of lights known as Hanukkah kicked off Sunday with communities gathering to light menorahs around the world, including right here in Philadelphia. More than 150 people ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- You may have visited the Betsy Ross House in Old City before, but there's a new experience unlocking a few doors at the dwelling that have never been seen by the public. A new ...

Flagmaker Betsy Ross is embraced as one of the most popular figures of the American Revolution. The young Philadelphia seamstress stitched the original Old Glory in the summer of 1776 at the request ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Karen Butler, Executive Director at the Betsy Ross home in Philadelphia, gives the history of Betsy Ross and her contribution to the creation of the ...

Of all the figures associated with the founding of America, few are more shrouded in lore than Betsy Ross, the purported creator of the first American flag. But what is fact and what is fiction about ...

It began with an unmarked, unremarkable box tucked in a corner of a garage in California. Inside, under miscellaneous letters and old high school yearbooks, was a smaller shoe box. Inside that, under ...

BESSIE ROSS-LEWIS Gary, Indiana Age 76, formerly of Alexandria, Louisiana, passed away on Monday, May 19, 2008. She retired from the Radisson Hotel as a Cook. She was a member of Church Mizpah Seventh ...