Mae West: Betsy Ross

"Good women are no fun. The only good woman I can recall in history is Betsy Ross. And all she ever made was a flag." — — Mae West
• • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania native Betsy Ross [1 January 1752 — 30 January 1836] was a woman who may — — or may not — — have sewn the first American flag, a design that incorporated stars representing the first 13 colonies.
• • The so-called "Betsy Ross Flag" had 13 stars and stripes. The legend goes on to claim that George Washington told Betsy that all the stars should be placed in a circle so that no colony would be viewed above another. Historians, however, have found over a dozen flag makers in Philadelphia at the time.
• • The Thirteen Colonies were British colonies in North America that rebelled against British rule in 1775.
• • New York was one of the original thirteen rebellious provinces.
• • Mae West, a native New Yorker, went on to be a rebel and a STAR in her own right.
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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