Views: 20,982 Flag Designer Betsy Ross and Her Basking Ridge Ties – Lore or Fact? “Here lies the woman who made the first banner containing the stars and stripes after that honored old ensign had been adopted, June 14, 1776.”July 4, 1876, speech given by E.M. Pennington in Basking Ridge, NJ. At the time of … Continue reading Betsy Ross is Really Buried in Basking Ridge, New Jersey?