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Betsy Ross

Betsy Ross was born Betsy Grimcom in Philadelphia on January 1, 1752. She was the 8th child out of 17 children. She always had a love for sewing and was very good at it. She was a very spirited girl and always made up her own mind. Betsy married Johnny Ross much to her parents disapproval, he was not a Quaker a member of the Society of Friends. Sense she married out of the society she was expelled.
Betsy's life was filled with a lot of ups and downs, just like America was going through at the time. Betsy and Johnny opened a upholstering store in 1774. Johnny became a soldier and was killed when a keg of gun powder blew up in 1776.

One day Gorge Ross (her husbands Uncle), Robert Morris and General George Washington came and asked Betsy if she could make them a flag. A flag that would represent the United States of America. They wanted to give the soldiers something to fight for. General Washington gave her a rough sketch it had 13 stars and 13 stripes one for......

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