More than 75 years after Flag Day became U.S. law, the stars and stripes grab our gaze these days in constant portraits of ...

The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day came decades after the lifetime of the woman often credited with sewing ...

The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day arose decades after Betsy Ross sewed her ... (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) By Associated Press. UPDATED: June 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM EDT. By ...

The story that Ross sewed (and essentially designed) the "first American flag" was first related nearly a century after the ...

Madeline Burk, portraying Betsy Ross, holds a flag as it is hoisted up at the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ...

Madeline Burk, portraying Betsy Ross, holds a flag as it is hoisted up at the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ...

Madeline Burk, portraying Betsy Ross, holds a flag as it is hoisted up at the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ...

Madeline Burk, portraying Betsy Ross, holds a flag as it is hoisted up at the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia on Monday. AP Photo A morale patch embroidered with the United States flag is seen ...

A morale patch embroidered with the United States flag is seen, Friday, June 6, 2025, in Marple Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) National observances for Flag Day began well ahead of the law ...

In Betsy Ross’ day, flags marked ships and told soldiers where they should move in the confusion of battlefield smoke and noise. The intense reverence many Americans feel for Old Glory arose from the ...