francis hopkinson was a signer of the declaration of independence and kind of a renaissance man. He wrote operas, he wrote songs, and he was one of the designers of the great seal of the united states. The bill says i'm charging you x amount of money for the design of the flag of the united States. It's like the equivalent of when you help your friends move and they give you peats and beer.
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.
Flag Days: Unfolding a Moment