See Also:
Beginning of a Hero: The Daisy Low Story.
Life Lesson #60 – Volunteer.
Betsy was born in the first day of the year in 1752. Her home was in the colony of Pennsylvania. You see, Pennsylvania wasn’t a state yet, it was still owned by England. Our country, The United States, didn’t become its own nation until more than twenty years after Betsy was born. Betsy loved being a part of the colonies. Even as a little girl, she loved her home in the colonies.
In school, Betsy and her friends learned about reading, and about writing, and about math. But they also learned about sewing, because everything made out of cloth back then was sewn by hand. Modern machines and factories for sewing had not yet been invented. Betsy and her friends loved learning to sew and she tried to make her sewing better and better because someday when she grew up, sewing might be her job! Well, Betsy did grow up and she was a wonderful seamstress. A lot of people would buy the things she made. One of her customers who bought shirts from her was George Washington, our first president!
It was during this time that the colonies became states in The United States of America, a nation of its own—a new country! And it needed a new and special flag! George Washington and others agreed that Betsy would do the very best job at making a new flag. Today, people remember Betsy, Betsy Ross as the one chosen to make the very first American flag, but it all started because she made the choice when she was just a girl in school to become the very best person she could possibly be!
– Jim Lord