The only thing I know for sure is that it wasn't Betsy Ross.
2006-06-19 15:13:29 · 10 answers · asked by Rocky 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Betsy Ross? Dolly Madison?
2006-06-19 15:16:43 · answer #1 · answered by walterncool 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it wasn't Betsy Ross, still a conflict over who made it? But The first flag was called the Grand Union raised on Jan. 2 1776 by George Washington.
2006-06-19 15:24:10 · answer #2 · answered by Bent 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Betsy Ross.
2006-06-19 15:19:26 · answer #3 · answered by shoppingontherun 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The flag you're referring to is called the "Star-Spangled Banner" and was sewn by Mary Pickersgill. Captain Driver's "Old Glory" is a different flag, also in the collection of the Smithsonian Institute, which is currently on display in Nashville, TN (thru November). See links below for info on both flags.
2006-06-19 20:39:21 · answer #4 · answered by Mary Read 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Old Glory”
This original Old Glory was made and presented to the young Captain Driver by his mother and some young ladies of his native Salem, Massachusetts.
This is the first American flag to be named “Old Glory.” The flag was made in 1824 for Captain William Driver, who flew it on his ship twice around the world and displayed it regularly on patriotic occasions and holidays. Originally bearing twenty-four stars, the worn and tattered flag was remade in 1861 with thirty-four stars, plus a white anchor to signify Driver’s years at sea.
When the Civil War began and Tennessee, where Driver had moved, seceded from the Union, the flag survived, sewn inside a quilt. It was unfurled when Union troops occupied Nashville in 1862. It never flew again, but passed into legend and bequeathed its name to all American flags.
2006-06-19 19:08:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was always taught that it was Betsy Ross that made the first american flag. I dont know about capt whoever, that was not taught in my history class.
You say you know for sure it wasn't? How do you know? Were you there?
2006-06-19 21:04:40 · answer #6 · answered by jack f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mary Pickersgill made the "Star Spangled Banner" that inspired the National Anthem. It is now in the Smithsonian.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/ssb/6_thestory/6a_birth/fs6a.html
2006-06-19 15:19:36 · answer #7 · answered by annabellesilby 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The mother of Captian William Driver. Her name is lost to history.
2006-06-19 15:20:07 · answer #8 · answered by mingjoslyn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some historians believe it was Francis Hopkinson.
2006-06-19 15:17:51 · answer #9 · answered by Cap'n Eridani 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yuor roght its besty ross
2006-06-19 15:17:09 · answer #10 · answered by ezzie40 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋