Tea Party activists waved the “Don’t Tread on Me” banner during anti-Obama protests. 5. Jaiden Rodriguez, 12, was kicked out of his classroom for wearing a patch of the flag on his backpack.

Fans of the Gadsden Flag may soon be able to display its familiar rattlesnake and "Don't Tread on Me" message every time they pull out of the driveway. At least three states -- Virginia, Nevada ...

In December 1860, the Macon Daily Telegraph reported that a rattlesnake flag with “Don’t Tread on Me” had been raised by the Rev. J.R. Willis at a pro-secession rally in Indian Springs, Ga.

Tea Party Adopts 'Don't Tread On Me' Flag Last weekend, as the House prepared to vote on the health care overhaul legislation, a group of Republican lawmakers unfurled a large "Don't Tread on Me ...

I have a “Don’t Tread On Me” specialty license plate and it’s not because I’m “anti-government, anti-democracy, an insurrectionist, racist” or a member of a “gun toting militia.” ...

Parente said someone brought the "Don't Tread on Me" flag, also known as the Gadsden flag, to a sunset ceremony on March 21 and the veterans decided to fly it, given the flag's historic military ...

A mean wearing a Don't Tread on Me shirt listens as lawmakers talk about the Benghazi, Libya attacks... [+] last year, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013.

Times-Union readers want to know: Has President Barack Obama banned the "Don't Tread on Me" flag because it has been deemed racist? There's some truth to parts of this - but also some inaccuracy.… ...

Not too long ago, at the urging of a reader, I did a bit of research into the wildly popular, Tea Party-inspired "Don't Tread on Me" tags in the Roanoke ...

The “Dont Tread On Me” slogan, which is also known as the Gadsden flag, was first flown on a warship in 1775 as a battle cry for American independence from British taxation and rule, according ...