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Betsy Elizabeth Ross was born on January 1,
1752. Betsy had no sisters or brothers, but she did have a
lot of friends. Betsy went to school in Philadelphia. She
worked at home with her mother. She was 84 when she died on
January 30th, the same month she was born. Betsy Ross was
famous because she was the first one to make the U.S.A. flag
.She worked with her mother at 17, and she also accomplished
the flag when she was 32.
Her goals were that she wanted to finish
the flag before she turned an old age. The people that
signed the Declaration of Independence asked Betsy Ross to
make the flag. Ross did not like the first flag so she made
another one . The men wanted a 6 pointed star, but she
wanted a 5 pointed star so they agreed to it . She was known
as the first skillful women by the Continental Congress in
Carpenters Hall in 1774. She lived
with her mother and father in Philadelphia.
Betsy Ross had 7 daughters . Two of her
daughters came from Ashburn and the other five came from
Claypool. She had three husbands . The first one just died .
The second one got captured by the British . The third one
died because of cancer. Betsy is still known in the U.S.A.
for her part in America's history.
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