Stream now with the PBS app / Watch Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV. We meet “The Betsy Ross of San Diego” who ...

Canby's written version of the Ross family history picked up attention and was essentially the mainstream view with the publication of the book "The Evolution of the American Flag" in 1909 ...

Mead, the museum historian, points out that surveys of college students consistently rank Betsy Ross as "one of the top 10 founders" of the nation. But, he says, regardless of the mythology, Ross ...

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.