I read a portion of this paper on June 14, 1912, before the Caledonia chapter of the D. A. R. and asked them this question, Would you admit to membership in your society a person whose sole claim to membership was based on what she had heard her grandmother say? The unanimous reply was that they could not admit such a claimant. Possibly there may be some better evidence than I have been able to find to substantiate the claims made for Betsey Ross; but until such evidence is produced, then the people of our country should be taught the facts of the case and not a legend as a fact. The answer, then, to the question propounded at the beginning of this paper is, that Betsey Ross did not design the flag of the United States of America. [Illustration] BIBLIOGRAPHY. Did Betsey Ross Design the Flag of the United States of America? =Bowson, Elizabeth M. (Mrs. Henry S.)= Our Flag, Its History and What It Stands For 1908 =Champion, Sarah E.= Our Flag, Its History and Changes from 1607 to 1910 1910 =Fow, John H.= The True Story of the American Flag 1908 =Hamilton, Schuyler= History of the National Flag of the United States of America 1852 =Hamilton, Schuyler= Our National Flag: The Stars and Stripes 1877 =Harrison, Peleg D.= The Stars and Stripes 1914 =Hotchkiss, Chauncey C.= Betsey Ross A Romance of the Flag 1901 =Langbein, J. C. Julius= The American Flag Its Origin and History 1876 =Preble, George Henry Rear-Admiral, U. S. Navy= History of the Flag of the United States of America 1st edition 1872 2nd edition 1880 =Prescott, B. F.= The Stars and Stripes 1876 =Sarmiento, Ferdinand L.= The History of Our Flag 1864 =Smith, Col. Nicholas= Our Nation’s Flag 2nd edition 1908 =Stewart, Charles W.= The Stars and Stripes 1915 * * * * * Transcriber’s Note: Obvious punctuation errors repaired. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Did Betsy Ross Design the Flag of the United States of America?, by Franklin Hanford