The 17-year-old who said he designed the US flag

Who designed the U.S. flag?

Betsy Ross?

How about the widespread decades-long claim that a 17-year-old high school junior from Lancaster, Ohio, Bob Heft, made the first 50-star flag and sent it to the White House to be approved as our current stars and stripes?

"I, of course, designed the flag of our country, the current flag," said Heft. "It’s not just a piece of cloth, it's the fabric of America."

This compelling and uniquely American story is told in the first episode...