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Gadsden Flag - Don't Tread On Me
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 Revelations 2, Verse 9 The Gadsden Flag The rattlesnake was the favorite animal emblem of the Americans even before the Revolution. In 1751 Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette carried a bitter article protesting the British practice of sending convicts to America. The author suggested tht the colonists return the favor by shipping "a cargo of rattlesnakes, which could be distributed in St. James Park, Spring Garden, and other places of pleasure, and particularly in the noblemen's gardens." Three years later the same paper printed the picture (as seen above) of a snake as a commentary on the Albany Congress. To remind the delegates of the danger of disunity, the serpent was shown cut to pieces. Each segment is marked with the name of a colony, and the motto "Join or Die" below. Other newspapers took up the snake theme. By 1774 the segments of the snake had grown together, and the motto had been changed to read: "United Now Alive and Free Firm on this Basis Liberty Shall Stand and Thus Supported Ever Bless Our Land Till Time Becomes Eternity" Other authors felt the rattlesnake was a good example of America's virtues. They argued that it is unique to America; individually its rattles produce no sound, but united they can be heard by all; and while it does not attack unless provoked, it is deadly to step upon one.  The Gadsden Flag
The Gadsden Flag is available for purchase from U.S. Flag Depot, Inc.The Gadsden Flag: The American Revolutionary period was a time of intense but controlled individualism - when self-directing responsible individuals again and again decided for themselves what they should do, and did it- without needing anyone else to give them an assignment or supervise them in carrying it out. Such a person was the patriot Colonel Christopher Gadsden of South Carolina. He had seen and liked a bright yellow banner with a hissing, coiled rattlesnake rising up in the center, and beneath the serpent the same words that appeared on the Striped Rattlesnake Flag - Don't Tread On Me. Colonel Gadsden made a copy of this flag and submitted the design to the Provincial Congress in South Carolina. Commodore Esek Hopkins, commander of the new Continental fleet, carried a similar flag in February, 1776, when his ships put to sea for the first time. Hopkins captured large stores of British cannon and military supplies in the Bahamas. His cruise marked the salt-water baptism of the American Navy, and it saw the first landing of the Corps of Marines, on whose drums the Gadsden symbol was painted. The 1st Navy Jack
The 1st Navy Jack is available for purchase from U.S. Flag Depot, Inc.The 1st Navy Jack: One of the first flags flown by our Navy may have been an adaptation of the "Rebellious Stripes" created at the time of the Stamp Act Congress. It featured thirteen red and white stripes. Stretched across them was the rippling form of a rattlesnake, and the words, "DON'T TREAD ON ME"- a striking indication of the colonists' courage and fierce desire for independence. The flag we know today as the first Navy Jack (sometimes known as the "Culpepper Flag") is believed to have flown aboard the Alfred, flagship of the newly commissioned Continental fleet, in January, 1776. American ships used this flag, or one of its variations, throughout the Revolutionary War. This powerful American symbol was used by the Continental Navy in 1776 and is being used again by the U.S. Navy in the War on Terrorism. | In some old dusty attic Undisturbed for many years There lies a tattered banner That is stained with blood and tears By men who knew that freedom Must be fought for by the free And died to save a ragged flag That said Don't Tread on Me Don't Tread on Me I'm a rattlesnake with Diamonds down my back When other men retreat That's just the time that I attack Because a dream that's worth defending Is a dream that's bound to be A ragged flag that said Don't Tread on Me Two hundred years of glory And the glory's just begun We may have lost some battles But these colors never run We drew the line at Valley Forge We held at Bunker Hill The cannon smoke is lifting I can see that banner still Don't Tread on me I'm a mountain lion And courage is my name I tamed a wild country But I'm wild just the same And from that rocky Boston harbor To the California Sea A ragged flag that said Don't Tread on Me This nation isn't what we've done It's what we've got to do Remember that United States Can only start with you We better be recalling What this country's all about And rally round that ragged flag And hear the people shout Don't Tread on Me I'm a grizzly bear That's not afraid to bite I don't look for trouble But when trouble comes I fight Because my daddy taught me freedom Has no lifetime guarantee A ragged flag that said Don't Tread on Me The winds of change are blowing And they're sure to shake this land We stood all we can take And now it's time to take a stand Let's tell the men who make the laws In Washington D.C. Unfurl again That ragged flag that said Don't Tread on Me Don't Tread on me I'm an eagle Who is clawing at the sky I want that banner waving up Where eagles dare to fly And blazing in the sunlight So that friend and foe can see A ragged flag that said Don't Tread on Me Don't Tread on us We're Americans And we were born to lead Our skin is every color And our faith is every creed We are 300 million people But on one thing we agree A ragged flag that said Don't Tread on Me Michael O'Donoghue © 1983 Least Loved Music, BMI U.S. Navy to Revive "Rattle Snake" Flag; "Don't Tread on Me!" Posted on 09/01/2002 5:36:08 PM PDT by MrJinglesDrudge Report ^ | 9/2/02 | Matt Drudge XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUNDAY SEPT 01, 2002 08:43:27 ET XXXXX U.S. Navy Revives Old Rattlesnake Flag, 'Don't Tread On Me,' To Fly On All Vessels The U.S. Navy is ordering its fleet to fly the defiant "Don't Tread on Me" rattlesnake flag aboard all its vessels to emphasize America's determination in the war on terror, reports TIME magazine on Monday. MORE Navy Secretary Gordon England's directive said the resurrected flag "represents an historic reminder of the nation's and Navy's origin and will to persevere and triumph." |
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