1. Be the first good role model. It starts when they are very young. So much of their behavior towards boys as teenagers is a reflection of how their father treated their mother. Therefore it is critical for parents to treat each other with genuine love and respect if you want your daughters to find the same.
The flag was designed by Charles A.R. Dunn who wrote The Origins of the District of Columbia Flag about his flag design. He was employed painting US state flags, which made him notice that many of them lacked a good design and that there was no flag for Washington, DC.
The name William J. Canby really does jump out as one of those big names in History, but Mr. Canby is the reason why Ross gets the credit for the first American flag. Canby was the grandson of Ross and was the first to make the claim about Ross's role as the mother of the American flag.