Seamstress Betsy Ross is the subject of flag folklore, but written evidence points to Francis Hopkinson as the true American ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! The Patriotic Pet Parade returned to the Betsy Ross House for the Fourth of July in ...

In an American more divided than ever, can the flag still unite or is it a symbol of the partisanship that has come to define ...

"Come as you are, as you were, as I want you to be." The lyrics reflected the Phillies' attitude, as they get set to host the ...

What you should knowPhiladelphia on Thursday is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the day the Second Continental Congress ...

NASA’s Earth-observing satellites track an enormous range of phenomena: how aerosols move through the atmosphere, how moisture descends through soil, how land-cover shifts over decades. It’s some of ...

Betsy Ross is credited with sewing the first American flag in 1776 from her home in Philadelphia, while the colonies were ...

The Allman Brothers released "Blue Sky," written by singer Dickey Betts about his then-girlfriend and one of Duane Allman's ...

Nara Smith said her family learned of her youngest child's diagnosis last year.

Betsy Swain on Coronation Street could be about to take centre stage according to new spoilers. A publication has claimed that this summer, a "life-changing incident" is on the way for the character.

The famous tale of young George Washington chopping down his father’s cherry tree and subsequent confession of "I cannot tell a lie" is just that — unverified, to say the least. The story first ...

It’s an exclusive club no one wants to be a member of. That’s how several people explained why they were at a “Grief, Sweat, & Tears” event this spring, at which about 25 men and women met up for a ...