United States Betsy Ross Flag Metal Lunch Box

This item features the Betsy Ross flag, which was an early design of the United States national flag. It is named after an early upholsterer and flag maker who is said to have first created it. The pattern of the Betsy Ross flag is 13 alternating red-and-white stripes with stars in a field of blue in the upper left corner canton. Its distinguishing feature is thirteen 5-pointed stars arranged in a circle representing the 13 colonies that fought for their independence during The American Revolutionary War. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the flag has been a popular symbol of American patriotism.