2 • S ATURDAY , J UNE 13, 2015
Proud To Be An American
S IUSLAW N EWS
Elizabeth Griscom Ross
“Betsy” Ross
1752-1836
This Betsy Ross Flag is well known
and well loved in America and
around the world as the first
American Flag. Her descendants
claimed she made (not designed) the
first U.S. Flag, using a circular arrange-
ment of five-pointed stars.
Fact: George Washington was the only
president to be elected unanimously.
Betsy Ross is believed to be the maker of the first flag. Evidence shows that a
Congressman, Francis Hopkinson is the person responsible for its design.
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The First Official
United States Flag
June 14, 1777
This 13 star flag became official as a
result of the congressional action that
took place on June 14, 1777. Evidence
exists pointing to Congressman Francis
Hopkinson to be responsible for its
design. Each star and stripe represented a
Colony of which there were thirteen, (in
order of ratification: Delaware,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia,
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland,
South Carolina, New Hampshire, Maine
Virginia, New York, North Carolina),
united nearly one year earlier by the
Declaration of Independence. The only
The flag means America first, it means undivided allegiance. It means America united, president to serve under this flag was
strong and efficient. It tells of the struggle for independence, union preserved.
George Washington, (1789-1797).