When Did The American Flag Become A Partisan Symbol?

Folklore says that the American flag was created in 1776, when George Washington asked Betsy Ross to sew a banner for what would soon be an independent nation. You can imagine the pressure that Ross, a simple upholsterer, felt. As she stitched the 13 stars and stripes that made up the first version of America’s flag, she would have known that she was participating in something that would alter the course of history. What Ross couldn’t have anticipated is how polarizing her flag would become in the very country she created it for.