wonderful biography of betsy ross by my good friend marla miller which was the basis of a great exhibit that was done a couple years ago that marla and linda eaton co-curerated that examined the myth and history of betsy ross was wonderful in bringing back to the surface all of the women, most of whom had been faceless and nameless since the 18th century who were fovled in flag production. plunkett fleeson, an upholsterer, made a set of marquees for general washington. he advertised that he made drums and colors and he was as an upholsterer and flag maker was employing many women in the area. probably even betsy ross and others like rebecca young here who later in the war set up on her own and advertised as a maker of colors for flags, for the army and navy. she also delivered colors into the continental store so this is a philadelphia receipt from continental quartermaster records in 1782 where she's acknowledging payment for a large garrison standard. so many of the flags we've seen pictures of could have been the work of rebecca young or one of those women here in philadelphia. now, the standard was placed on display and, like many of t