American Independence Day

Keepa’s 4th of July post from 2008 —

“Birth of the Flag”
by Henry Mosler

Elizabeth Griscom
daughter of Samuel Griscom and Rebecca James
born 1 January 1752, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
married John Ross, 4 November 1773 (sealed 25 September 1941)
married Joseph Ashburn, 15 June 1777 (sealed 6 October 2004)
married John Claypoole, 8 May 1783 (sealed 10 November 1989)
died 30 January 1836, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
baptism 1 July 1933
endowment 14 February 1934
sealing to parents 10 November 1989

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3 thoughts on “American Independence Day”

  1. Very nice–except that it bothers me that the daughters seem to be hovering over a completed flag, randomly putting stitches in the middle. It definitely looks posed.

  2. I guess it took the artist too long to set up his easel, so they were already finished sewing by the time he was ready. What else could they do but pose?

  3. It took him a really long time to set up his easel and then finish the painting, since it was published in 1927,150 years after the flag was supposedly completed.

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