Who Designed the American Flag?
Heft, a Junior at Lancaster High School in Ohio, Began to Imagine What the American Flag Might Look Like If It Had 50 Stars. His Inspiration Was None Other...
Heft, a junior at Lancaster High School in Ohio, began to imagine what the American flag might look like if it had 50 stars. His inspiration was none other that Betsy Ross, who is credited as the maker of the first American flag.
Who actually designed the American flag?
Although seamstress Betsy Ross is often credited as the maker of the first American flag, there's no evidence that's true. The myth was born during a wave of flag fervor that swept the nation nearly a hundred years after the Revolutionary War.
Did a 17 year old designed the American flag?
In 1958, 17-year-old Robert G. Heft was assigned an American history project while attending Lancaster High School in Ohio.
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