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She married the son of an Episcopal rector and nephew of a future signer of the Declaration of Independence.
She married the son of an Episcopal rector and nephew of a future signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Her husband died at the beginning of the American Revolution while he was guarding a munitions depot. General George Washington then asked her, in June 1776, to sew an American Flag. She did and the colonists and future Americans have been grateful ever since.
Her husband died at the beginning of the American Revolution while he was guarding a munitions depot. General George Washington then asked her, in June 1776, to sew an American Flag.