Import prices up 0.1% in July after declines in June and May; export prices rise 0.4%. 08/15/2017. U.S. import prices edged up 0.1 percent in July, led by higher fuel prices which more than offset lower prices for nonfuel imports. Import prices rose 1.5 percent over the past 12 months.
1 The origin of the first American flag is unknown. Some historians believe it was designed by New Jersey Congressman Francis Hopkinson and sewn by Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross.  The name Old Glory was given to a large, 10-by-17-foot flag by its owner, William Driver, a sea captain from Massachusetts.
Painting depicting the story of Betsy Ross presenting the first American flag to General George Washington, by Edward Percy Moran. Elizabeth Griscom Betsy Ross (January 1, 1752 â January 30, 1836), nÃ©e Griscom, also known by her second and third married names, Ashburn and Claypoole, is widely credited with making the first American flag.