So who was Betsy Ross? And why is the flag often attributed to her a source of controversy for some? Here's what we know: That depends who you ask, though generally it is not viewed that way.

A late 18th-century version of the American flag is making 2019 headlines. Nike has pulled shoes featuring a "Betsy Ross flag" after former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick said the design was ...

The Betsy Ross flag was an early design of the U.S. flag. It featured 13 stars, instead of the 50 seen in the current version of the flag, along with the white and red stripes. The exact origins ...

Nike came under fire on Tuesday after the company stopped selling a Fourth of July shoe that featured the so-called ‘Betsy Ross flag.’ Concerns about the flag’s adoption by extremist groups ...

A Henry Mosler painting 'The Birth of the Flag' depicts Betsy Ross and her assistants sewing the first American flag, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1777. A Henry Mosler painting 'The Birth of the ...

A worker folds a newly made Betsy Ross flag in Salt Lake City on July 5. (George Frey/Getty Images) I really don’t know whether Kate Cohen’s July 12 op-ed, “The far right can take the Betsy ...

While Democrats and media pundits pounce to decry the Betsy Ross flag as racially problematic -- with one even likening the symbol to Nazi swastikas -- the very same flag flew prominently during t ...

Nike has recalled a shoe featuring the Betsy Ross flag over concerns that the design glorifies slavery and racism. The red, white and blue sneaker had been set to hit the U.S. market to ...

On Monday evening, Nike announced it would be pulling a new edition of Fourth of July-themed sneakers featuring the original United States flag as designed by Betsy Ross, with 13 stars in a circle.

WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell waded into the controversy over the Betsy Ross flag on Thursday, tweeting out a picture of the flag with the caption "Happy Fourth of July!" ...

Don’t let the right wing co-opt this symbol of American history! Don’t let them take the Betsy Ross flag! I say, they can have it. Really, it’s fine. They can have that and the Confederate ...

It wasn’t until a century after the Revolutionary War—in a time of flag fervor—that the Philadelphia seamstress’ story became an urban legend. Although seamstress Betsy Ross is often ...