The costumed young woman waved them over. While holding up her billowing skirt and petticoat, she hustled down a side corridor, into the house, passed a parlor filled with period furniture and up to a door marked Staff Only. The Betsy Ross House celebrates the birth of the United States flag, although there is no historical evidence that the 24-year-old upholsterer designed and created the first one. Betsy Ross did, however, sew American flags for over fifty years. The impersonator on site delights visitors with stories about Betsy Ross’s life and role during the Revolution.
