America Did Not Know the Name Betsy Ross Until 1870

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America did not know the name betsy ross until 18 70, almost a hundred years after the fact. But her grandson, william canby, he was alive and well. He had grown up being told that his grandmother sewed the first american flag.

Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag. At least, that's what we were taught in school. But when historians go searching…there’s no proof to be found. In this collaboration with the podcast Sidedoor, we unravel this vexillological tall tale to find out how this myth got started, and who Betsy Ross really was.

Plus we talk about the real flag that inspired the song, The Star Spangled Banner.

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