THIS is the first salute ever pay'd to the American ... To the original salute given the American flag in 1776, Rodney referred when he wrote home in February, 1781; another Englishman adding ...

"In December 1776, there was a young and very beautiful ... "She continued to tell the story of how she made the first American flag to her children and grandchildren," the museum reports.

Remember: The Declaration of Independence didn't apply to Black people when it was signed in 1776. So what is Juneteenth ... is said to have sewn the first American flag, Ben Haith, founder ...

The 1776 Gastonia project ... Betsy Ross Court (after the woman credited with creating the first American flag) and Paul Revere Drive. Fankhauser said that, for him, patriotism "compels us ...

It begins with the first sentence of the Constitution ... to preserve the founding ideals of 1776 at Gastonia.” The requirement to fly an American flag is likely untested territory in North ...