Summer is prime tourism season. At the Betsy Ross, there's an interpreter who's been bringing one of the most famous stories from the American Revolution to life for nearly 20 years.
Carol Spacht has been bringing one of the most famous stories from the American Revolution to life for nearly 20 years.In 2004, Carol Spacht stepped into the shoes of the woman known for having sewed the very first U.S. flag. Now she is one of the women bringing that history to life for the many visitors of the Betsy Ross House.She and a few other women portray Ross at different ages in the flag sewer's life."I'm portraying her at her third husband's name," she says.
She's passing on that knowledge through training and mentoring to the women who play Betsy at other times in her life. Since 2010, all of the furnishings at the house have been hand sewn by the Betsy interpreters, which includes the bedding and the curtains. Spacht says they are actually "craftswomen," since they are using their sewing skills to make items that enhance the historic accuracy of the Betsy Ross House."Family story is that she made it right before the Declaration in the spring of 1776," says Spacht. "And family story also says that Betsy recommended to Washington that the stars should be put in a circle."As the story goes, she also changed the shape of the stars, from six points to five.
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