Betsy Ross House: The first flag legend

The Betsy Ross House is a historic house museum presented as the site where Betsy Ross may have sewn the first American flag. The story that Ross created the first U.S. flag originates from family testimony first publicized in 1870 and has become a widely known national legend. Historians dispute the claim due to limited contemporary evidence, and the site interprets both the legend and Revolutionary-era context for visitors.