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| 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 | Various |
The Betsy Ross flag is an early design for the flag of the United States, which is conformant to the Flag Act of 1777 and has red stripes outermost and stars arranged in a circle. These details elaborate on the 1777 act, passed early in the American Revolutionary War, which specified 13 alternating red and white horizontal stripes and 13 white stars in a blue canton. Its name stems from the story, once widely believed, that shortly after the 1777 act, upholsterer and flag maker Betsy Ross produced a flag of this design.[1]
- ^ Vile (2018), p. 107.