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Betsy Ross

  • Description
    On January 2, 1952, the US Post Office Department issued a commemorative stamp honoring Betsy Ross, one day after her 200th birthday. Elizabeth Griscom “Betsy” Ross was born on January 1, 1752, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The eighth of seventeen children, Betsy was raised in a Quaker household and learned to sew from her great-aunt.
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    Category: 1952