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.
Hopkinson claimed that he created the flag. 1  Hopkinson was Chairman of the Naval Board's Middle Department, overseen by the Marine Committee, at the time the Flag Resolution was passed in June, 1777. The resolution was submitted to Congress by the Marine Committee. 2  Hopkinson was a prominent amateur artist.