" The Truth About the Betsy Ross Story"
As I start to read "The Truth About The Betsy Ross Story" we look at the American flag. Do you see what Robert Morris saw? Stitch by stitch the history of the making of the flag and the lady behind the stitching.
We don't look at the flag seeing Betsy Ross’s name on our heart. Nor do we see that she is a fourth generation Quaker. Growing up in the Griscom household with 17 siblings, she was well educated and took to sewing. Robert Morris traced Betsy’s history back to being one of the first settlers. He stated that this explains Betsy Ross’s free sprit. During her teenage years Robert Morris portrays Betsy as a rebel. In 1773 Betsy meets John Ross, as he was working as an apprentence in the same tailoring shop as Betsy. No one can say the exact day the couple made a decision to marry, but for the consequences they knew were to come could no better yet to understand the couple must have been in-love. On a cold winter evening of November 1773, the couple took a leap in faith, crossed the Delaware River to and was proposed man and wife. Her family and community disowned her due to her husband’s religious affiliation, being of the Church of Christ and not a Quaker, and she was forced to leave. A Robert Morris point out the Church of Christ community was not as wealthy as the Quakers. Betsy took to sewing but found that material was hard to come by because of the Quaker controlled textile industry, from which she was expelled. John Ross was a guard for the community and Betsy took to sewing flags. John Ross passed away protecting his community leaving Betsy a window at the age of 24. Betsy had several clients and Robert Morris points out that George Washington was one of them. While working on a project for Mr. Washington, he notices that Betsy had a skill of her folding patterning, known to us similar to origami. (Toni Ann do side note) George Washington commissioned Betsy to produce a flag. This flag was taken to the State House for approval. She then became
We don't look at the flag seeing Betsy Ross’s name on our heart. Nor do we see that she is a fourth generation Quaker. Growing up in the Griscom household with 17 siblings, she was well educated and took to sewing. Robert Morris traced Betsy’s history back to being one of the first settlers. He stated that this explains Betsy Ross’s free sprit. During her teenage years Robert Morris portrays Betsy as a rebel. In 1773 Betsy meets John Ross, as he was working as an apprentence in the same tailoring shop as Betsy. No one can say the exact day the couple made a decision to marry, but for the consequences they knew were to come could no better yet to understand the couple must have been in-love. On a cold winter evening of November 1773, the couple took a leap in faith, crossed the Delaware River to and was proposed man and wife. Her family and community disowned her due to her husband’s religious affiliation, being of the Church of Christ and not a Quaker, and she was forced to leave. A Robert Morris point out the Church of Christ community was not as wealthy as the Quakers. Betsy took to sewing but found that material was hard to come by because of the Quaker controlled textile industry, from which she was expelled. John Ross was a guard for the community and Betsy took to sewing flags. John Ross passed away protecting his community leaving Betsy a window at the age of 24. Betsy had several clients and Robert Morris points out that George Washington was one of them. While working on a project for Mr. Washington, he notices that Betsy had a skill of her folding patterning, known to us similar to origami. (Toni Ann do side note) George Washington commissioned Betsy to produce a flag. This flag was taken to the State House for approval. She then became