As most of you are aware, a new grassroots movement is taking place across the entire United States. It has been referred to as the "
New Tea Party Movement".
We need a strong visual presence at our rallies. Seeing these flags is a great moral booster, and these flags are all representative of successful movements!
These are the flags, standards, and banners of our movement:
The rattlesnake was a symbol of resistance to the British in Colonial America. The rattlesnake was a native snake of the American Colonies, and therefore provided an excellent symbol for the American Revolutionary movement. Many American's at the time thought that the rattlesnake, not the Eagle, should have been the national symbol of the Country.
A snake minds it's own business, and does not go looking for trouble. But once provoked, it will back down from a fight!
Benjamin Franklin's
Join, or Die cartoon published in his Pennsylvania Gazette on May 9, 1754:
Join, or Die flag:
An illustration from an old school textbook, showing two examples of Revolutionary-era flags:
^ The Pine Tree flag (Left), and Gadsden flag (Right).
Gadsden Flag (1775):
^ Designed by Patriot and Colonel Christopher Gadsden of South Carolina. This has since become one of the primary flags of the modern U.S. Patriot and Militia movement. Also referred to as the "Rattlesnake Flag".
Culpepper Flag (1775):
^ Used by the Culpeper Minutemen of Colonial America who had the slogan "Liberty or Death".
Standard of General Sullivan's
Guard of the Rhode Island Militia:
Flag of the
South Carolina Navy (1777):
First Navy Jack (1777):
^ One of the first flags flown by our U.S. Navy may have been an adaptation of the "Rebellious Stripes" created at the time of the Stamp Act Congress. It featured thirteen red and white stripes. Stretched across them was the rippling form of a rattlesnake, and the words, "DON'T TREAD ON ME"- a striking indication of the colonists' courage and fierce desire for independence.
Sons of Liberty flag used by American merchant ships during the war (1776 - 1783):
^
Note: other color's were used as well - such as green and white or yellow and white.
Nine stripe
Sons of Liberty or "
Rebellious Stripes" flag (1767):
^ This flag had nine uneven vertical stripes (five red and four white). It is supposed that nine represented the number of colonies that were to attend the Stamp Act Congress. It also represented the blood of American Patriots going into the ground.
A modern rendering, known as the
U.S. Civil Flag:
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Other flags of the
New Tea Party Movement:
Bennington Flag (late 1700's):
^
Note: Alternating white-red (from either the top or bottom) instead of the more traditional red-white.
Betsy Ross Flag (1776):
Pine Tree Flag (1775):
^ The Pine Tree Flag was one of the flags used during the American Revolution. The flag, featuring a pine tree flag with the motto "An Appeal to God," or, more usually, "An Appeal to Heaven." was used originally by a squadron of six cruisers commissioned under George Washington's authority as commander in chief of the Continental Army in October 1775. It was also used by Massachusetts' state navy vessels in addition to privateers sailing from Massachusetts.
The
Fort Moultrie or
Moultrie Flag (1775):
^ The Moultrie Flag was designed in 1775, and flew over Fort Moultrie (then Ft. Sullivan) in Charleston Harbour. This flag was shot away by the British in a battle in 1776. This was the flag of the South Carolina "Minute men.
Bunker Hill Flag (1775):
^ This blue variation of the red New England flag has become a symbol of the Battle of Bunker Hill, and was featured on a 1968 US Postage Stamp.
Commodore Perry Flag (1814):
^During the War of 1812, this flag flew aboard Oliver Hazard Perry's flagship "Lawrence" while commanding an American squadron in the Battle of Lake Erie on September 10, 1813. Perry had named his ship after Captain James Lawrence, the hero of an earlier sea battle off New England whose dying words were "Don't Give Up The Ship".
The
Come And Take It or
Gonzales Banner flag (1835):
^ "Come and take it" was a slogan used in the Texas Revolution in 1835. In March 1831, Juan Gomez, a Lieutenant in the Mexican Army, worked alongside Tadeo Ortiz, a consul at Bordeaux, France, and granted a small cannon to the colony of San Antonio. The small bronze cannon was received by the colony and signed for by Randy Tumlinson. It was then transported to Gonzales, Texas and later was the object of Texas pride. At the minor skirmish known as the Battle of Gonzales, a small group of Texans successfully resisted the Mexican forces who had orders to seize their cannon. As a symbol of defiance, the Texans had fashioned a flag containing the phrase along with a black star and an image of the cannon which they had received six years earlier from mexican officials.
An updated, modern version:
The
Goliad Flag or
Bloody-Arm Flag (1835):
^ Dimmit's Goliad Flag. This militant and defiant banner, designed by Goliad garrison commander, Capt. Phillip Dimmitt, dramatically reflected the political shift of Texians and Capt. Dimmitt away from support of the independent statehood of Texas in the Mexican Federalist Republic and return to the Constitution of 1824 to support of complete separation from Mexico as an independent Republic. Before he returned from the Siege and Battle of Bexar to Goliad in the middle of Dec 1835, Capt. Dimmitt was an avid Mexican Federalist and opposed to separation which was symbolized in the 1824 Mexican tri-color which is also thought to be of his own design. Dimmitt's bloody arm flag was said to have been raised ceremonially on Dec 20 upon the signing of the Goliad Declaration of Independence as the official flag of the occasion although the banners of companies of Capt. William S. Brown and Capt. William Scott were also present at Goliad at the time.
^ The Goliad flag symbolized the Texans' willingness to face any sacrifice to win their freedom - they would rather cut off their own right arm, than serve under Mexican tyranny.
Brown's Flag of Independence (1835):
^ This flag is said to have been designed by Capt. William S. Brown at Velasco in fall 1835 preceding Capt. Dimmitt's bloody-arm flag with which it has been commonly confused since it employs the same symbol (see Origin of the Bloody Arm Symbol). Which came first is uncertain, but it is likely that one influenced the other. This banner may have been flown by Capt. Brown and his men at the Battle of Bexar and with him when he went to Goliad after the battle where he was a signer of the Goliad Declaration of Independence.
Troutman Flag or "
The Betsy Ross of Texas" flag (1835):
^This flag was designed in Nov 1835 by Johanna Troutman, sometimes called the Betsy Ross of Texas. When the Georgia Battalion of Volunteers under Captain William Ward marched from Macon to Columbus, GA on their way to Texas in response to an appeal for aid for Texas by Col. Fannin, Miss Troutman (daughter of Col. C.A. Troutman of Knoxville, GA and later Mrs. Pope), presented the troop with the flag to carry with them. According to Mrs. Looscan, the banner was of white silk with an azure star on both sides.
* If any of you Prison Planet Forum members see any flags that I missed, or you think they should be on the list, let me know. However, since I will not be able to edit this post after 10 mins, a Moderator will have to be asked to add it in.
I would strongly encourage all people reading this to buy any one of these flags and fly it proudly at your next Tea Party. Below are a few links to online retails who offer these flags:
Gadsden and Culpeper - An excellent source for the Gadsden flag and it's variants. Also sells T-shirts, bumper stickers, etc.
Liberty Flags - Historic US outdoor flags.
3x5 Flag Store - Cheap prices on polyester flags.
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