THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in …
General Joseph Warren
A FIERY, vehement, daring spirit was this Joseph Warren, who was a doctor thirteen years, a major-general three days, and a soldier three hours. In that part of Boston which is called Roxbury, there …
The Great Seal of the United States
On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress passed a resolution authorizing a committee to devise a seal for the United States of America. This mission, designed to reflect the Founding Fathers’ …
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Betsy Ross and the United States Flag
Elizabeth Griscom Ross Betsy Ross (1752-1836) Elizabeth Griscom Ross (1752-1836), was a Philadelphia seamstress, married to John Ross, an upholsterer who was killed in a munitions explosion in 1776. …
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Francis Hopkinson: Designer of The First Flag of the United States
Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791) Designer of The First Flag of the United States of America Francis Hopkinson was a popular patriot, a lawyer, a Congressman from New Jersey, a signer of the Declaration …
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Francis Scott Key: Author of the “Star-Spangled Banner.”
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY AUTHOR OF THE "STAR-SPANGLED BANNER." [Born August 9, 1780. Died January 11, 1843.] Francis Scott Key was a respected young lawyer living in Georgetown just west of where the …
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The first Flag Act of June 14, 1777
The first Flag Act of 1777: Birth of Our Nation's Flag The Flag Act of 1777 (Figure 1. "Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789, 8:464".) was passed by the Second Continental Congress on June …
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