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.

The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her ...

Welcome back for a simply patriotic episode of I Never Knew That!You know the American flag by its plethora of nicknames: Old ...

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 ...

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 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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

III% has been photographed posing with the Revolutionary War–era flag, while the KKK passed out miniature Betsy Ross flags at a rally and used images of it in a letter. Kaepernick played for the ...

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 ...

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: Is the Betsy Ross flag used as a symbol for hate groups? That depends ...