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    Who is credited with sewing the first ‘Stars and Stripes’ flag?

    Question #99910. Asked by storky1. (Oct 03 08 11:15 PM)


    edmund80

    		The popular tradition holds that Betsy Ross sewed the first flag.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States

    Oct 03 08, 11:20 PM
    looney_tunes

    		Betsy Ross in traditional legend; Rebecca Young by some; it was probably designed by Francis Parkinson, who is the only one of the three to have made a claim for payment during his life (the others' claims come from descendants and anecdote).
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States

    Oct 03 08, 11:24 PM

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