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Summary: Looks at the life of Betsy Ross from her Quaker childhood to her role in the Revolutionary War and her days as an independent businesswoman, examining the legend of the Besty Ross Flag and explaining the importance of its legacy today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ROSCopies Available at Peninsula
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Summary: Born the eighth of seventeen children in Philadelphia, Betsy Ross lived in a time when the American colonies were yearning for independence from British rule. Ross worked as a seamstress and was eager to contribute to the cause, making tents and repairing uniforms when the colonies declared war. By 1779 she was filling cartridges for the Continental Army. Did she sew the first flag? That's up...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2014