Really, no one has written this book at . Onelisa would say no, no has done it. So i feel incredibly privileged to be the one to get to write this book, and i do not know if that wouldve happened without lease early on, and now michelle and the whole betsy ross house staff. And for all of you for coming out on such a chilly day. I do appreciate that. I also want to thank some other folks, the museum that is hosting the exhibit on betsy in october has been incredibly supportive and really assisted in the resorts along the way, so i want to thank linda eaton, the curator of textiles, her intern, and another who have been instrument oh. And then there are librarians illy, probably too many to mention, but the folks at the Historical Society of pennsylvania, who tolerated my steady presence in the reading room. And lastly i have to thank the families of betsy ross. Betsy ross came from a large family, as i mentioned in it as i will mention, and her family has been incredibly supportive and