Event Dime

Sewing a New Nation: Betsy Ross and the Birth of the American Flag

When:

July 11, 2026 · 5:00 PM

Where:

The Hermitage, 4580 Rachel's Lane, Nashville, TN

Source:

6AM City Nashville – Events

**Step back into the Revolutionary era with a special living history presentation at The Hermitage.** Join historical interpreter Kim Hanley as she brings to life Betsy Ross, the Philadelphia upholsterer often credited with sewing the first American "stars and stripes" flag. Born Elizabeth Griscom into a Quaker family, Ross trained as an upholsterer and built a life defined by resilience, faith, and determination. Widowed during the hardships of the Revolutionary War and later remarried, she con