first edition was published; was previously known as The Daily Universal Register (1788)

The woman usually credited with sewing the first flag of the US, Betsy Ross, was born on this date 255 years ago. It is known that she was a seamstress and upholsterer in Philadelphia, PA, and that she made flags during the American Revolution. Her grandson related that Ross, on her deathbed, claimed that one night in June 1776, George Washington, Robert Morris and George Ross visited her and presented her with the task of sewing the flag based on Washington's design.

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began his ride to warn the Massachusetts colonists that the British were coming (1775)