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Flag Days: Unfolding a Moment

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Betsy Ross, a Government Contractor, Sews the First Flag

Marlow miller says historical records put george washington in philadelphia the month this was all said to take place. So that checks out. But is there any other evidence that any part of the story we heard in school is true? Well, it's all pretty circumstantial. O kas, so this was like a game of clue, and we've got like betsy ross, a government contractor in philadelphia in 17 76. All the stuff is there for her to be the person who sewed the first flag.

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