the don't tread on me/gadsden flag was created during the american revolution.
the don't tread on me/gadsden flag was created during the american revolution.
during what event was the don't tread on me/gadsden flag created?
american revolution
in the 1979 novel "alongside night", an organization called the revolutionary agorist cadre, seeking a second american revolution, welcomes visitors to one of its undergrounds: "the room's only decoration was a modified gadsden flag draped on the wall adjoining the bar and medical areas (opposite the door), a golden field with 'laissez-faire!' in an upper left corner, a coiled rattlesnake facing left with its tongue out, and in the lower right, 'dont tread on me!'" the gadsden flag without the addition of "laissez-faire!" is carried over into the 2014 "alongside night" movie adaptation in which the gadsden flag is used by the revolutionary agorist cadre as well as the traditional anarchist black flag.
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for historical reasons, the gadsden flag is still popularly flown in charleston, south carolina, the city where christopher gadsden first presented the flag and where it was commonly used during the revolution, along with the blue and white crescent flag of pre-civil war south carolina.









































section::::modern use.:license plates.









































the gadsden flag has become a popular specialty license plate in several states.









































, the following states offer the option of obtaining a gadsden flag specialty license plate: alabama, arizona, maryland, missouri, montana, oklahoma, south carolina, tennessee, texas, and virginia.









































section::::modern use.:libertarian, then tea party symbol.
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