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DON'T TREAD ON ME FLAG
Also known as the Gadsden Flag
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Gadsden Flag History
"The Rattle-Snake is found in no other quarter of the world besides America."
The rattlesnake also has sharp eyes, and "may therefore be esteemed an emblem of
vigilance."
Furthermore, "She never begins an attack, nor, when once engaged, ever surrenders:
She is therefore an emblem of magnanimity and true courage. ... she never wounds
'till she has generously given notice, even to her enemy, and cautioned him against
the danger of treading on her."
"I confess I was wholly at a loss what to make of the rattles, 'till I went back and
counted them and found them just thirteen, exactly the number of the Colonies united
in America; and I recollected too that this was the only part of the Snake which
increased in numbers. ...
"'Tis curious and amazing to observe how distinct and independent of each other the
rattles of this animal are, and yet how firmly they are united together, so as never to
be separated but by breaking them to pieces. One of those rattles singly, is incapable
of producing sound, but the ringing of thirteen together, is sufficient to alarm the
boldest man living."
Benjamin Franklin
Christopher Gadsden
Although Benjamin Franklin helped create the American rattlesnake symbol his name
isn't generally attached to the rattlesnake flag. The yellow "Don't tread on me"
standard is usually called a Gadsden flag, for Colonel Christopher Gadsden, or less
commonly, a Hopkins flag, for Commodore Esek Hopkins.
These two individuals were mulling about Philadelphia at the same time, making
important contributions to American history and the history of the rattlesnake flag.
Christopher Gadsden was an American patriot if ever there was one. He led Sons
of Liberty in South Carolina starting in 1765, and was later made a colonel in the
Continental Army. In 1775 he was in Philadelphia representing his home state in the
Continental Congress. He was also one of three members of the Marine Committee
who decided to outfit and man the Alfred and its sister ships.
Gadsden and Congress chose a Rhode Island man, Esek Hopkins, as the
commander-in-chief of the Navy. The flag that Hopkins used as his personal standard
on the Alfred is the one we would now recognize. It's likely that John Paul Jones, as the
first lieutenant on the Alfred, ran it up the gaff.
It's generally accepted that Hopkins' flag was presented to him by Christopher
Gadsden, who felt it was especially important for the commodore to have a distinctive
personal standard. Gadsden also presented a copy of this flag to his state legislature
in Charleston. This is recorded in the South Carolina congressional journals:
"Col. Gadsden presented to the Congress an elegant standard, such as is to be used
by the commander in chief of the American navy; being a yellow field, with a lively
representation of a rattle-snake in the middle, in the attitude of going to strike, and
these words underneath, "Don't Tread on Me!"
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Gadsden Flag
DON'T TREAD ON ME
Yellow field with white snake
size: 3 ft. by 5 ft.
Suitable for flagpoles:
2 grommets on left side
This is the BEST looking and most
detailed Gadsden Flag on the internet!
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