The "Betsy's Flag" is a tribute to the legendary Betsy Ross, the woman who is said to have crafted the first American flag. The scent greets you with the sweet aroma of cotton blossoms. The image on the candle is a reproduction of the 1908 painting "The making of the flag by Betsy Ross," painted by J. L. G. Ferris. A microfilmed version of the painting has been digitized and is preserved in the holdings of the National Archives

More than a year before Americans declared their independence, the Revolutionary War erupted with the “shot heard round the world” at the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Convinced that Massachusetts was already in outright rebellion and that the other colonies would soon follow, royal officials decided to act. In an attempt to collapse colonial resistance, 700 British soldiers, known then as “Regulars,” marched on the town of Concord to seize provincial military supplies and possibly arrest rebel leaders. Rather than end the rebellion, the events of April 19, 1775, triggered a war between Great Britain and its American colonies that raged for eight years.