Seamstress for a Revolution

American History Illustrated featured the article, “Seamstress for a Revolution,” by William C. Kashatus, it was published August 2002. The article is centered on the controversy of Betsy Ross and the making of the American Flag. The article states, on March 14, 1870, William Canby announced to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania that his grandmother, Elizabeth Griscom had sewn the first flag. His whole case was built upon sworn affidavits of Ross’s immediate family members, but the evidence ...