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Per our Texas History buff. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Austin Flag \u0026 Flagpole","offers":[{"title":"3X5","offer_id":42799258173694,"sku":"0305ALAMO","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4936\/0894\/files\/1824_Flag.svg?v=1731482045"},{"product_id":"3x5-betsy-ross","title":"Betsy Ross","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBetsy Ross flag\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a reconstructed early design for the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Flag of the United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flag_of_the_United_States\"\u003eflag of the United States\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which is conformant to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Flag Act of 1777\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flag_Act_of_1777\"\u003eFlag Act of 1777\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and has red stripes outermost and stars arranged in a circle. These details elaborate on the 1777 act, passed early in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"American Revolutionary War\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Revolutionary_War\"\u003eAmerican Revolutionary War\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which specified 13 alternating red and white horizontal stripes and 13 white stars in a blue \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Canton (flag)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canton_(flag)\"\u003ecanton\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It was once widely believed that, shortly after the 1777 act, upholsterer and flag maker \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Betsy Ross\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Betsy_Ross\"\u003eBetsy Ross\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e produced a flag of this design.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-Vile_1-0\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Betsy_Ross_flag#cite_note-Vile-1\"\u003e[1]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup class=\"reference nowrap\"\u003e\u003cspan title=\"Page \/ location: 107\"\u003e: 107 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e In truth, this flag would have been unknown at the time of the Revolutionary War according to Grace Cooper, a former flag historian at the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Smithsonian Institution\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Smithsonian_Institution\"\u003eSmithsonian Institution\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Cooper dates the earliest appearance of this flag as 1792 but with six-pointed stars.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-FOOTNOTECooper1973_2-0\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Betsy_Ross_flag#cite_note-FOOTNOTECooper1973-2\"\u003e[2]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Configuration with red stripes outermost and five-point stars is now standard for U.S. flags, although the stars are now arranged in horizontal rows.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehttps:\/\/www.wikimediafoundation.org\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Austin Flag \u0026 Flagpole","offers":[{"title":"3X5 \/ Embroidered","offer_id":42799289893118,"sku":"0305BETSY","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3X5 \/ Printed","offer_id":44506209845502,"sku":"","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12”x18” \/ Nylon","offer_id":44508662563070,"sku":"","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2x3 \/ Cotton","offer_id":48149750907134,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4936\/0894\/files\/Betsy_Ross_Embroidered.jpg?v=1778006542"},{"product_id":"3x5-bonnie-blue","title":"Bonnie Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBonnie Blue flag\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was a banner associated at various times with the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Republic of Texas\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_Texas\"\u003eRepublic of Texas\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the short lived \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Republic of West Florida\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_West_Florida\"\u003eRepublic of West Florida\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Confederate States of America\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Confederate_States_of_America\"\u003eConfederate States of America\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e at the start of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"American Civil War\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Civil_War\"\u003eAmerican Civil War\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 1861. It consists of a single, five-pointed white star on a blue field. Its first known use was in 1810.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehttps:\/\/www.wikimediafoundation.org\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Austin Flag \u0026 Flagpole","offers":[{"title":"3X5","offer_id":42799295168766,"sku":"0305BONBLUE","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4936\/0894\/products\/bonnie-blue_2.jpg?v=1650639316"},{"product_id":"2x3-texas-under-spain-flag","title":"TEXAS UNDER SPAIN FLAG","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpain established the first European claim to what is now Texas in 1519 when Cortez came to Mexico,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda mapped the Texas coastline. A few shipwrecked Spaniards, like Alvar Nunez, Cabeza de Vaca, and explorers such as Coronado, occasionally probed the vast wilderness, but the first Spanish settlement in Texas – the Ysleta Mission near present-day El Paso – was not established until 1681. Until Mexican independence in 1821, other Spanish missions, forts and civil settlements gradually followed. After 1785, the red and yellow striped Spanish flag depicted a shield with a lion (Leon) and a castle (Castile) topped by a crown.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginal flag images are from http:\/\/www.lsjunction.com\/facts\/6flags.htm, accessed March 21, 2005. \"Flags of Texas,\" Handbook of Texas Online at http:\/\/www.tsha.utexas.edu\/handbook\/online\/articles\/view\/FF\/msf1.html, accessed March 24, 2005. See alsohttp:\/\/www.pinette.net\/chris\/flags\/texas\/texflags.html, http:\/\/www.pinette.net\/chris\/flags\/texas\/sixflags.html.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Austin Flag \u0026 Flagpole","offers":[{"title":"2X3","offer_id":42799253815550,"sku":"0203TEXUNDESP","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3x5","offer_id":43625719529726,"sku":"0305TEXUNDESP","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4936\/0894\/files\/Texas_Under_Spain_Flag.png?v=1724191788"},{"product_id":"2x3-texas-under-mexico-flag","title":"TEXAS UNDER MEXICO FLAG","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAfter Mexican independence, pioneers from the Hispanic south and the Anglo north flowed into Texas.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e A frontier region for both, Anglo Texans became Mexican citizens. Tensions arose between the divergent cultures. These came to a head when Mexican General Santa Anna scrapped the Mexican federal constitution and declared himself dictator. Texans revolted and won independence April 21, 1836 at San Jacinto near Houston. Mexico's flag depicts an eagle, a snake, and cactus on green, white, and red bars.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginal flag images are from http:\/\/www.lsjunction.com\/facts\/6flags.htm, accessed March 21, 2005. \"Flags of Texas,\" Handbook of Texas Online at http:\/\/www.tsha.utexas.edu\/handbook\/online\/articles\/view\/FF\/msf1.html, accessed March 24, 2005. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eSeealsohttp:\/\/www.pinette.net\/chris\/flags\/texas\/texflags.html, http:\/\/www.pinette.net\/chris\/flags\/texas\/sixflags.html.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Austin Flag \u0026 Flagpole","offers":[{"title":"2X3","offer_id":42799248605438,"sku":"0203TXUNDMEX","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3X5","offer_id":43625759572222,"sku":"0305TXUNDERMEX","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4936\/0894\/files\/Texas_under_Mexico_flag.png?v=1724191557"},{"product_id":"3x5-texas-under-france-flag","title":"TEXAS UNDER FRANCE FLAG","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second flag was the royal banner of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Kingdom of France\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_France\"\u003eKingdom of France\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom 1684 to 1690. In 1684, French nobleman\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ren%C3%A9-Robert_Cavelier,_Sieur_de_La_Salle\"\u003eRené-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle\u003c\/a\u003e, founded a colony on the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Gulf Coast of the United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gulf_Coast_of_the_United_States\"\u003eTexas Gulf Coast\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecalled\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Fort Saint Louis (Texas)\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fort_Saint_Louis_(Texas)\"\u003eFort Saint Louis\u003c\/a\u003e. The colony was unsuccessful, and after La Salle's murder, was soon abandoned. During this time, there was no official\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Flag of France\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flag_of_France\"\u003eFrench flag\u003c\/a\u003e, so a number of designs are used in displays of the \"six flags\".\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6Flags_6-1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Six_flags_over_Texas#cite_note-6Flags-6\"\u003e[6]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6Flags2_7-1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Six_flags_over_Texas#cite_note-6Flags2-7\"\u003e[7]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLater on in 1800, Spain ceded Louisiana to France under the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Third Treaty of San Ildefonso\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Third_Treaty_of_San_Ildefonso\"\u003eThird Treaty of San Ildefonso\u003c\/a\u003e. French Louisiana included northern sections of Texas. It remained in the hands of France until 1803, when France\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"The Louisiana Purchase\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Louisiana_Purchase\"\u003esold the Louisiana Territory to the United States\u003c\/a\u003e. However, what would later be northern Texas was sold back to Spain years later.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Austin Flag \u0026 Flagpole","offers":[{"title":"3X5","offer_id":42800303440126,"sku":"0305TEXUNDFRN","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4936\/0894\/files\/Texas_Under_France_Flag2.png?v=1724191093"},{"product_id":"3x5-culpeper-flag","title":"Culpepper Flag","description":"\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCulpeper Minutemen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Militia\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Militia\"\u003emilitia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e group formed in 1775 in the district around \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Culpeper, Virginia\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Culpeper,_Virginia\"\u003eCulpeper, Virginia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Minutemen\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Minutemen\"\u003eminutemen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in other \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"British colonies\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_colonies\"\u003eBritish colonies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the men drilled in military tactics and trained to respond to emergencies \"at a minute's notice\".\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Austin Flag \u0026 Flagpole","offers":[{"title":"3X5","offer_id":42799349793022,"sku":"0305CULPEPER","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4936\/0894\/files\/Culpepper_Flag.png?v=1722464337"},{"product_id":"3x5-erin-go-bragh-flag","title":"Erin Go Bragh Flag","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErin go Bragh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"rt-commentedText nowrap\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"IPA nopopups noexcerpt\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"Help:IPA\/English\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA\/English\"\u003e\/\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ˌ\/: secondary stress follows\"\u003eˌ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ɛr\/: 'err' in 'merry'\"\u003eɛr\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ɪ\/: 'i' in 'kit'\"\u003eɪ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'n' in 'nigh'\"\u003en\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wrap\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ɡ\/: 'g' in 'guy'\"\u003eɡ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ə\/: 'a' in 'about'\"\u003eə\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wrap\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ˈ\/: primary stress follows\"\u003eˈ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'b' in 'buy'\"\u003eb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"'r' in 'rye'\"\u003er\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"\/ɑː\/: 'a' in 'father'\"\u003eɑː\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Help:Pronunciation respelling key\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key\"\u003e\u003ci title=\"English pronunciation respelling\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eERR\u003c\/span\u003e-in gə\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBRAH\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), sometimes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eErin go Braugh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, is the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Anglicisation\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anglicisation\"\u003eanglicisation\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Irish language\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Irish_language\"\u003eIrish language\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e phrase, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan title=\"Irish-language text\"\u003e\u003ci lang=\"ga\"\u003eÉirinn go Brách\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and is used to express allegiance to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Ireland\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ireland\"\u003eIreland\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It is most often translated as \"Ireland Forever.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehttps:\/\/www.wikimediafoundation.org\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Austin Flag \u0026 Flagpole","offers":[{"title":"3X5","offer_id":42799381938430,"sku":"0305ERGOBRAGH","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"2x3","offer_id":44506217447678,"sku":"0203Ergobragh","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4936\/0894\/files\/Erin_Go_Bragh_Flag.png?v=1722375341"},{"product_id":"3x5-dezavala-flag","title":"De Zavala Flag","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first official flag of the Republic of Texas, designed by General Lorenzo de Zavala, adopted by the Convention held at Washington-on-the-Brazos, May 11, 1836, shortly after the victory at San Jacinto. This flag had a blue field with a white five-pointed star in its center. Around the star were the letters T-E-X-A-S. This flag, along with the Burnet Flag, served as a national flag of Texas until the current state flag was officially adopted as the then national flag by the Third Congress of the Republic of Texas held in Houston on January 21, 1839, and signed into law by President Mirabeau B. Lamar on January 25, 1839. Source: C. E. Gilbert in \"A Concise History of Early Texas: As told by its 30 historic flags.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor: https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/User:Glasshouse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Austin Flag \u0026 Flagpole","offers":[{"title":"3X5","offer_id":42799352054014,"sku":"0305DEZAVALA","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/4936\/0894\/files\/De_Zavala_Flag.png?v=1724448041"},{"product_id":"3x5-navy-jack-flag","title":"1st NAVY JACK FLAG","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn late 1775, as the first ships of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Continental Navy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Continental_Navy\"\u003eContinental Navy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereadied in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Delaware River\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Delaware_River\"\u003eDelaware River\u003c\/a\u003e, Commodore\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Esek Hopkins\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Esek_Hopkins\"\u003eEsek Hopkins\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eissued an instruction directing his vessels to fly a \"striped\" jack and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Naval ensign\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Naval_ensign\"\u003eensign\u003c\/a\u003e. The exact design of these flags is unknown. But, since about 1880, this jack has traditionally been depicted as consisting of thirteen red and white stripes charged with an uncoiled\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Rattlesnake\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rattlesnake\"\u003erattlesnake\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand the motto \"Dont Tread on Me\" [\u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"Sic\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sic\"\u003esic\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e]; this design appeared in a color plate in Admiral\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"George Henry Preble\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Henry_Preble\"\u003eGeorge Henry Preble\u003c\/a\u003e's influential\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistory of the Flag of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e. Recent scholarship, however, has demonstrated that this design never existed but \"was a 19th-century mistake based on an erroneous 1776 engraving\".\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-5\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Navy_Jack#cite_note-5\"\u003e[4]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1778,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"John Adams\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Adams\"\u003eJohn Adams\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Benjamin Franklin\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benjamin_Franklin\"\u003eBenjamin Franklin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewrote a letter to the Ambassador of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Kingdom of Sicily\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Sicily\"\u003eKingdom of Sicily\u003c\/a\u003e, thanking him for allowing entry of revolutionary ships into Sicilian ports. The letter describes the new flag of the colonies according to the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Flag of the United States\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flag_of_the_United_States#First_flag\"\u003e1777 Flag Resolution\u003c\/a\u003e, but also describes a flag of \"South Carolina, a rattlesnake, in the middle of the thirteen stripes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-6\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/First_Navy_Jack#cite_note-6\"\u003e[5]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003eThe rattlesnake had long been a symbol in the colonies of resistance and defiance to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"The Crown\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Crown\"\u003ethe Crown\u003c\/a\u003e. The phrase\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003ca title=\"Noli me tangere\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Noli_me_tangere#In_United_States_history_and_military\"\u003eDon't Tread on Me\u003c\/a\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emay have been coined during the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"American Revolutionary War\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Revolutionary_War\"\u003eAmerican Revolutionary War\u003c\/a\u003e, a variant perhaps of an earlier image. A snake severed in segments and labelled with the names of the colonies and the legend \"\u003ca title=\"Join, or Die\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Join,_or_Die\"\u003eJoin, or Die\u003c\/a\u003e\", had first been published in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Benjamin Franklin\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benjamin_Franklin\"\u003eBenjamin Franklin\u003c\/a\u003e's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"Pennsylvania Gazette\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pennsylvania_Gazette\"\u003ePennsylvania Gazette\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein 1754, as a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Political cartoon\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Political_cartoon\"\u003epolitical cartoon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereflecting on the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Albany Congress\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albany_Congress\"\u003eAlbany Congress\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rattlesnake (specifically, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Timber Rattlesnake\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timber_Rattlesnake\"\u003eTimber Rattlesnake\u003c\/a\u003e) is especially significant and symbolic to the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"American Revolution\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Revolution\"\u003eAmerican Revolution\u003c\/a\u003e. 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