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Secret members of the Continental Army called upon Betsy Ross to sew the first American flag. That meeting took place in late May of 1776, when George Washington was the head of the Continental Army. Colonel George Ross was also her dead husband as well as a highly respected Philadelphian. Betsy had also married George's nephew. If it had not been for the aquatence with George Washington, Betsy probably wouldn't have been the one to sew the first flag.