This week, Nike is halting distribution of a new sneaker featuring the “Betsy Ross” American flag, which features 13 stars in a circle for the original 13 states.

It wasn’t until a century after the Revolutionary War—in a time of flag fervor—that the Philadelphia seamstress’ story became an urban legend.

The Betsy Ross flag was an early design of the U.S. flag. It featured 13 stars, instead of the 50 seen in the current version of the flag, along with the white and red stripes.

What is the Betsy Ross flag? The flag we now call the Betsy Ross flag has a circle of 13 five-point stars in a blue patch on the top left corner.

If the Betsy Ross flag is a symbol of slavery, then every national flag until the 36-star flag, adopted on July 4, 1865, was a symbol of slavery.

The flag is believed to be a design by a woman named Betsy Ross around the height of the American Revolution in the mid-to-late 1770s, leading to its nickname, Betsy Ross Flag.

David Renner says he is facing a $200 fine for flying a Betsy Ross flag outside his townhouse in Littleton, Colo.

The Betsy Ross flag has emerged as a flash point after Nike decided not to release shoes featuring the flag. Here's the history behind it.

Mystery surrounds the origins of the 13-star flag known today as the Betsy Ross flag, now being debated as a symbol of white supremacy.

In honor of Flag Day, we thought it was time you knew the truth: Everything you know about how the stars and stripes came to be crafted may be a lie. The Betsy Ross story we all grew up with didn ...