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.

The Gadsden Flag – perhaps the most-famous of America’s pre-Independence banners (a revised, striped version of which presently flies on all U.S. Navy warships) – may soon be branded a ...

On their flag, they used a coiled rattlesnake along with the "Don't Tread on Me" motto and a phrase from Patrick Henry's famous words, "Liberty or Death." In January 1776, ...

Flags with a rattlesnake theme also gained increasing prestige with colonists. The slogan "Don't Tread on Me" almost invariably appeared on rattlesnake flags.

Around the state, Oklahomans have a number of flags displayed on vehicles and clothing. Here's the story behind some of the ...

“On the Gadsden flag we have a snake, and it says, ‘Don’t tread on me.’ We’re gonna flip that around. What we want to become, what we will become, we are going to be like a den of ...

Virginia's Rattlesnake Flag: Coiled and Ready to Strike. By Eugene Scheel. June 7, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. EDT. The green landscape of spring has been dotted lately with U.S. flags and banners, ...

And the snake flag lived a relatively quiet existence as a symbol for Libertarians and others who opposed nanny government. But after Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, the snake returned ...

The design of the plate originates from the Gadsden Flag, a Revolutionary War symbol styled around the rattlesnake. The rattlesnake, which is both deadly and native to the Americas, is coiled, a ...

The iconic yellow flag, originally designed by the American revolutionary Christopher Gadsden circa 1775, features a drawing of the eastern diamondback rattlesnake, which was once plentiful in ...