Betsy Ross flag
| Use | |
|---|---|
| Proportion | 10:19 |
| Adopted | 1777 |
| Design | Thirteen alternating red and white stripes, a blue canton with thirteen five-pointed stars arranged in a circle |
| Designed by | Elizabeth Ross |
The Betsy Ross flag is an early design for the flag of the United States, which has red stripes outermost and stars arranged in a circle. The name, first used more than 90 years after the flag was designed, stems from the legend that a Philadelphia upholsterer, Elizabeth “Betsy” Ross, designed and produced this flag.
The design of the “Betsy Ross flag” conforms to the Flag Act of 1777, passed early in the American Revolutionary War, which merely specified 13 alternating red and white horizontal stripes and 13 white stars in a blue canton.