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The Hanover Associators
#H144 $89.00
3x5' Brilliantly dyed nylon with heading
and grommets
A militia formed 1774 "that in the event of Great Britain attempting to
force unjust laws upon us by strength of arms, our cause we leave to Heaven
and our rifles." To these Pennsylvania country boys the right to bear arms was decidedly not about duck hunting. Lest
anyone miss their point, the rifle and their motto "Liberty or Death adorned
their flag.
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Don't Tread On Me
Gadsden Flag
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One of Several
Don't Tread On Me Flags
Long a favorite of Revolutionary War History Buffs
The Gadsden Flag:
A Symbol Since 1776 when it was given given by Christopher Gadsden of South Carolina to Esek
Hopkins the, first commander in
chief of the continental navy, who used it as his personal
flag. In modern times it became popular with The Tea Party beginning in
2009. Many people mistakenly believe that this flag first came into
existence then and incorrectly refer to it as "The Tea Party Flag."
The message to the British was unmistakable. This has
always been the most recognizable of
the different colonial snake flags.
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"First Continental
Regiment Flag"
Their motto: I refuse to be subjugated"
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The White Plains Flag: Liberty or Death
#H145
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3x5' Brilliantly dyed nylon with heading and
grommets
The message to the British was
unmistakable. The blue cap hanging on the staff is a "liberty cap."
It goes back to ancient Rome where it was called a "Phrygian
cap." A master would give the cap to a freed slave as a symbol of his
new found freedom. The Phrygian cap was a common symbol in colonial
politics. The sword speaks for itself.
"These colors were captured by the Hessians
either on August 27, 1776, at the Battle of Long Islands, or Oct. 28, 1776,
at the Battle of White Plains. A German account, listing the earlier date,
belittles the skill of the American troops who surrendered under this flag,
but it was only a few weeks later that the same Hessians under Colonel Rall
surrendered to General Washington at Trenton, Dec. 26, 1776. The design on
the flag is taken from an undated engraving."
Source: "Flags to Color from the American
Revolution."
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Sons of Liberty
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Culpeper Minutemen Flag
#H159 $69.00 3'x5' Nylon
with heading and grommets
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First Navy Jack Flag
#H58 $69.00 3'x5' Nylon
with heading and grommets
2x3' #H582 $60.00
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Fort Moultrie Flag
#H157 $79.00
3'x5' Nylon with heading and grommets
Fort Moultrie
June 28, 1776. South
Carolinians with attitude hold up in the incomplete fort manage to defend
it and save Charleston from occupation. The British fleet retires after a
9 hour battle
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Star Spangled Banner Americans sticking together
under siege in the face of a superior force
This is the one that the song is about and thank
goodness it is the last time that The Brits were our enemies.
War of 1812
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The Gonzales Banner
#H28 $69.00
3x5' Nylon With Heading & Grommets
From Oct. 2,1835 in the history of The Great Lone Star State of Texas!
The Texas Revolution against Mexico
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Santa Anna had abolished the Mexican constitution of 1824 and made himself Dictator there. In 1835 he sends forces to reclaim a cannon in Gonzales. Can't have a cannon out among the people you are trying to control! On October 2, Texan volunteers unfurl this flag and fire the first shot in their war for independence from Mexico. Good old American defiance! At the time, Texas was a Mexican province. That December, Texans take over the nearby Alamo and allow the defeated Mexicans there to leave. But in February 1836 5,000 Mexican troops arrive led by Santa Anna himself against whom 182 Texans and Tejanos, Texans of Mexican descent,
hold out for 10 days before drawing their famous "line in the dust" and
perishing to the man. A handful of women and children are spared. The Gonzales
Banner is an emotional and spontaneous expression of a handful of Texans
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Molon Labe Flag
"Come and take them"
An ancient response given by the Greeks to the
Persian armies who demanded they surrender their weapons at the battle of
Thermopylae.
3x5' Printed printed polyester design with
heading and grommets
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Confederate Flags, Southern Flags The Civil War |
Suffragist Flags Flags of the
National Women's Party
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WWII See that flag
in the background? Read its story |
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