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Gadsden flag; Use: Banner: Proportion: Varies, generally 2:3: Adopted: December 20, 1775: Design: A yellow banner charged with a yellow spiraled timber rattlesnake facing toward the hoist sitting upon a patch of lush green grass, with thirteen rattles, representing the thirteen colonies, the words Dont Tread on Me positioned below the snake in black font
The case in question involved a post office employee whose Gadsden flag hat had generated racial harassment claims. But ultimately, the EEOC declined to rule that the Gadsden flag was a racist symbol.
The yellow ‘don’t tread on me’ flag is up for debate again centuries after it arose in the American Revolution Boy blocked from school over Gadsden flag badge prompts debate over its meaning ...
It is an alternative English translation to the Latin phrase Noli me tangere. Historically, Revolutionary-Era Americans used it in reference to the Gadsden flag—with its derivation "don't tread on me" [1] —and other representations dating to the American Revolutionary War. [2]
Additionally, the snake does not strike until provoked, a characteristic expressed by the phrase "Don't tread on me" (see Gadsden flag). Typically the flag's rattlesnake is depicted with red scales on its back, [6] but some have depicted the snake as all-gold. [7] [8] [9]
The yellow flag depicts a coiled timber rattlesnake above the phrase "Don't Tread on Me." The flag and its slogan are associated with individual liberty, limited government and gun rights.
[4] [5] Tea Party protests evoked images, slogans and themes from the American Revolution, such as tri-corner hats and yellow Gadsden "Don't Tread on Me" flags. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The letters T-E-A have been used by some protesters to form the backronym "Taxed Enough Already".
While Gadsden vehemently supported John Adams, who was opposed to slavery and promoted a gradual approach to abolition, the U.S. National Park Service writes that "by 1774, Christopher Gadsden owned four stores, several merchant vessels, two rice plantations, a residential district in Charleston called Gadsdenboro, and a large wharf on the Cooper River."