Who was Betsy Ross?
Born the eighth of seventeen children in Philadelphia, Betsy Ross lived in a time when the American colonies were yearning for independence from British rule. Ross worked as a seamstress and was eager to contribute to the cause, making tents and repairing uniforms when the colonies declared war. By...
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New York, New York, USA :
Grosset & Dunlap,
[2014]
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Table of Contents:
- Who was Betsy Ross?
- A Quaker girl
- Time to go to work
- War!
- A new flag
- A hometown invaded
- Victory ... and a new life
- The Claypooles move ahead
- Busy to the end
- A legend is born
- Timelines.
