Betsy Ross Monologue

Betsy Ross my friend and neighbor was telling me all about the marvelous man whom she apprenticed for his name was ,William Webster, Betsy was a great sewer and credits William with everything she knows. After the delightful tea we both walked home to our homes which were next to each other, we both lived in the type of houses which looked like you were royalty but on the inside you had nothing, all I had was myself and my children, all Betsy had was John and a thread and needle. We lived in Philadelphia, at the time it was noon on August 25th, 1775 it was strangely cool for the end of August. Betsy went home to see John Ross, her husband, and I went home for my children. John can never come to tea because Betsy is a quaker and John is not, they eloped by a river on a summer day 3 years ago, and also
Betsy and I did not meet again until I heard crying next store, I jumped out of bed to make sure my dearest friend was okay, she was not. I was told that her husband, John Ross, had died in an ammunitions explosion. I checked on her every single day to make sure she was okay she always said the same thing “Yes Sarah I am fine as long as I have my thread and needle!”

I could not imagine how Betsy was feeling, John was always happy, he was funny, he always loved Betsy, and he would do anything for anyone else, it was horrible to see him gone.

I was the only one Betsy ever talked to after John's passing except for on a sunny day, September 5th it was about 60 degrees out, it was beautiful, the weather made me feel like everything was okay even though I felt something was wrong. I was next door cleaning and I heard a man talking to Betsy, the man was George Washington, the leader of the Virginia army talking to my bestest friend! I did not hear much of their conversation but I did hear about a new flag for the colonies and I also heard the General Say “This flag is strictly not to be shared with anyone else” my first thought was I need to know about