Ramsons Imports Gadsden Dont Tread On Me 6 x 4 Small 6 x 4 Lawn Flag 10-Pack

Gadsden "Don't Tread On Me" Small 6" x 4" Lawn Flag 10-Pack is suitable for indoor or outdoor use. These 10 flags are sewn onto a canvas sleeve that slips over the 10 1/2" plastic flagpole. The pole has a spiked tip on top, making it a great addition to your desktop flag display. The flags are perfect for any political, military or patriotic event. Line your parade float, your front lawn or your ego wall and show your support for American ideas and beliefs. The Gadsden flag was designed by American general and politician Christopher Gadsden (1724–1805), in 1775. The first recorded mention of the future Gadsden flag's symbolism is when the first Marines enlisted in the city of Philadelphia, they carried drums painted yellow, depicting a coiled rattlesnake with thirteen rattles, and the motto "Don't Tread on Me." Ben Franklin said of the rattlesnake "She never begins an attack, nor, when once engaged, never surrenders: She is therefore an emblem of magnanimity and true courage.—As if anxious to prevent all pretensions of quarreling with her, the weapons with which nature has furnished her, she conceals in the roof of her mouth, so that, to those who are unacquainted with her, she appears to be a most defenseless animal; and even when those weapons are shown and extended for her defense, they appear weak and contemptible; but their wounds however small, are decisive and fatal:—Conscious of this, she never wounds till she has generously given notice, even to her enemy, and cautioned him against the danger of stepping on her." He believed it was the perfect representation of American qualities and beliefs. The flag today is often used by Libertarians, Conservatives, Tea Party members, Gun owners and many other groups or individuals concerned with preserving civil liberties and the rights preserved in the Constitution. Show everyone that you refuse to be subjugated in any way with this Gadsden "Don't Tread On Me" Small 6" x 4" Lawn Flag 10-Pack