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    Does the US government credit anyone with creating the US Flag design (because I've heard the 'Betsy Ross Story' is fiction)?

    Question #16950. Asked by Socrates. (Mar 05 02 7:02 PM)


    Andy

    		Francis Hopkinson is credited with designing the US flag. Betsy Ross was merely the seamstress.

    Mar 06 02, 7:51 PM

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