Flag biography
Flag biography
Flag: An American Biography - Marc Leepson...
Betsy Ross Probably Didn’t Design the First American Flag. Meet the Man Historians Say Did
Famed seamstress Betsy Ross receives much of the glory for creating the American flag.
However, many experts believe the person actually responsible for designing the first version of “Old Glory” was a founding father named Francis Hopkinson.
Hopkinson, who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and served as a delegate in the Continental Congress, was a lawyer, poet, satirist, musician, and an artist.
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He designed seals for the U.S. Treasury and the state of New Jersey, as well as U.S. currency predating the dollar bill. And there’s evidence that he was the creator of the American flag—not Ross, as her descendants and many history books have suggested.
With Friday marking Flag Day—which was celebrated as early as the late 1880s and which President Harry Truman made into a national day of observance in August 1949—let’s take a look at Hopkinson’s life and surprising connections