Did Betsy Ross design the American flag?
No, it was designed by Francis Hopkinson, a naval flag designer, who was never reimbursed for his services by the U.S. government.
And there is no record of Betsy Ross’s commission to sew the flag.
The first game on record played by English colonists in America was a game of bowls played in the streets of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1611.
President William Henry Harrison died in 1841 after only 31 days in office. James A. Garfield was a close second. In 1881, he died of a gunshot wound after only six months in office.
The Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, established by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906, was America’s first national monument.
The four-year post-World War II economic recovery plan for Europe, known as the Marshall Plan, cost $13 billion. The plan, enacted 1948-51, was named for its chief architect, U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall.
The symbols of the theme of the 1939 New York World’s Fair, “The World of Tomorrow,” were massive: The Trylon, a tapering three-sided shaft, was 750 feet high; the Perisphere was a globe 200 feet in diameter. The two objects were built at a cost of $1.7 million.
The town of Las Vegas was a sparsely populated mining and ranching community before it became a center for gambling. Gambling did take place in the town throughout most of its history, but Las Vegas did not become known as a mecca for gambling until after the Flamingo Hotel was opened in 1946 by gangster…