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Flag
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1893. The search took him to 239 Arch Street, in Philadelphia the home where Betsy Ross made flags and made “Old Glory.”
In 1898 community leaders, urged by Weisgerber, formed the American; Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial Association. The Weisgerber’s moved into the Flag House to preserve the building. In 1902, son Charles Weisgerber was bom there and succeeded his father as* curator in 1931.
The painting has been in storage for; over 50 years. The mission of the grandsons, Charles and Stuart is to get the painting restored and back on display.
The Birth Of Our Nation’s Flag,, the painting by Charles H. Weisgerber, is a depiction of Betsy Ross displaying the original flag to George Washington' and the flag committee, Robert Morris and George Ross. The painting does not appear in any catalogue of American paintings and the artist does not appear in any of the dictionaries of
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