“Americans don’t realize how good this country is,” said Bade ... When asked what he believed the Betsy Ross flag represented, Tunde replied, “It was the first flag, it represents the ...

Getting history right is important, especially with our country's track record ... the Black Betsy Ross, as designer of her town's flag. The family was living in New Jersey at the time.

But Martucci, former president of the American Vexillological Society— vexillology is the study of flags—says flags have remarkable stories to tell. "The fact that humans feel a need to make and have ...