About The Flag: As the story goes, Betsy Ross was visited by George Washington,Robert Morris, and George Ross. The three men stopped in her upholstery shop and asked Betsy if she could make a flag from a design on a piece of paper Washington had in his coat pocket. Betsy said she would try.

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How To Fold The flag- Special care should be taken when lowering and folding a flag – that is folded into the shape of a tri-cornered hat. According to usflag.org, “In the folding, the red and white stripes are finally wrapped into the blue, as the light of day vanishes into the darkness of night.”

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