Betsy Ross flag
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The Betsy Ross flag is a reconstructed early design for the flag of the United States, which is conformant to the Flag Act of 1777 and has red stripes outermost and stars arranged in a circle. These details elaborate on the 1777 act, passed early in the American Revolutionary War, which specified 13 alternating red and white horizontal stripes and 13 white stars in a blue canton. Its name stems from the story, once widely believed, that shortly after the 1777 act, upholsterer and flag maker Betsy Ross produced a flag of this design.[1]
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Proportion | 10:19 |
Adopted | 1777 |
Design | Thirteen alternating red and white stripes, a blue canton with thirteen 5-pointed stars arranged in a circle |
Designed by | Various |
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