I have this date book in among all the pages where I am supposed to fill in the birth dates of loved ones are quotes by women and the birth dates of prominent women are added in on the correct days. As I was skimming through the pages I realized I did not know a good portion of the women whose names were listed. Now I know their birth dates but I want to know more. I should know more and so I am going to go in search of it and I will list the information I find here.
The first name is Betsy Ross she was born on 1/1/1752. I have actually been to her house or at least a house they think she might have lived in or one they think would have been like the one she lived in, if I remember right the Betsy Ross House isn't actually her house at all. She was the 8th child of Samuel Griscom and Rebecca James. She went to Quaker school. Her Father apprenticed her to a local upholsterer where she met another apprenticed named John Ross. Since she was a Quaker and he was an Episcopal their marriage was frowned upon and so they eloped across the river and were married in New Jersey. Oh, did I forget to mention she was born and lived in Philadelphia? Well, she was and did. She also went to the same church as George Washington.
After they were married John and Betsy started their own upholstery business. Soon after the Revolutionary War broke out and John joined the militia, he was mortally wounded and passed away despite Betsy's best efforts to nurse him back to health.
During the War she was approached by George Washington, Robert Morris, and George Ross to sew the first American Flag. Which she did to their liking.
She was married three times and had four children. Betsy died on January 30, 1836, at the age of 84. She has been buried in three different locations: Free Quaker burial ground at South 5th St. near Locust, Mt. Moriah Cemetery, and now on Arch Street in the courtyard adjacent to the Betsy Ross House.
I gathered this information from my personal experiences and knowledge as well as the Internet most notably this website.
Betsy Ross
Obamanation
I had never heard this before until just a few moments ago. OK I still haven't heard it I just read it on the Internet. As a matter of fact even though I am alone in the room I am going to say it out loud to see how it sounds..........It sounds a little strange. I voted of him (in case you could not figure that out) and I think he will be a great president but it still feels strange saying out loud. You do not even need the extra superhero aspect to make it seem unreal. America moved up in the world when we elected Barack Obama. If you don't know what I mean then you never will and you probably voted for the other guy. Obamanation it is, at least for the next 4 maybe even 8 years.
And he walked to the other side of the house
The other day I was watching a breaking news special on Television. Now when they break into your favorite show to tell you something it should be really important, something that I can not wait until the regular 6pm or 11pm news cast to see nothing else. Everything else can wait. But now this one was to let me know that President Elect Obama had arrived at the White House for his first meeting with Prezy Bush. Now I love Obama and I seriously had plans to leave the country if he did not will the election and I do think it is wonderful that he is meeting with Bush and that they seem to have plans to really work together over the next two months but I do not understand why this is "Breaking News." Did everyone think he was not going to visit the White House at all before he took office? Or maybe if no other president in the history of presidents had met with the current president while they were still president-elect then again this would be "breaking news" alas this is not the case and so although it is nice that Laura Bush gets to show Michelle Obama around the ole homestead it is not "breaking news."
