Betsy Ross and Her Flag

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Betsy Ross represents what most patriots were in 1776, simple, hard-working people who wanted their country to be free. Her flag is a reminder of the part every day Americans played in gaining our independence from England. The Betsy Ross flag represents a time when our nation was in its purest form. A time when our nation was united against a common foe and in a common cause.

Tom Hand, creator and publisher of Americana Corner, discusses Betsy Ross and the beautiful flag she created in 1776. Discover the history behind the Betsy Ross flag, including Betsy's humble beginnings, and why her flag still matters today.

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Image credits:
Betsey sic Ross. , ca. 1908. Photograph. Library of Congress
The City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania North America; as it appeared in the Year 1800, Plate 15.
Helen A. Cooper et al., Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2008), 252–53, no. 144, ill.
Detroit Photographic Co. Betsy Ross house, Philadelphia. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress.
Mabel Brady Garvan Collection, to 1946; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
George Washington at Princeton. Gift of Maria McKean Allen and Phebe Warren Downes through the bequest of their mother, Elizabeth Wharton McKean. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Ferris, Jean Leon Gerome, Artist. Betsy Ross,/ J.L.G. Ferris. , ca. 1932. Cleveland, Ohio: The Foundation Press, Inc., July 28. Photograph. Library of Congress.
H.A. Thomas & Wylie, and Charles H Weisgerber. Birth of our nation's flag, C.H. Weisgerber. Pennsylvania Philadelphia, 1893. [N. Y.: H.A. Thomas & Wylie Lith. Co., N.Y] Photograph. Library of Congress.