Embassy Flag employs US military war veterans and sells Gadsden flags that are made only in the Unted States of America.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS
All outdoor Gadsden flags are USA made of nylon flag material and are finished with a canvas heading and two brass grommets on the hoist side, 2 rows of stitching top and bottom sides and 4 rows of stitching on the fly side. They are attached to the flagpole by means of a halyard (rope) and flag snaps, or to smaller poles with flag fasteners. Standard sizes for outdoor international flags are 2x3 ft, 3x5 ft, 4x6 ft, 5x8 ft. and 6x10 ft. Outdoor flags are available in larger sizes made to order.
Gadsden boat flags are nylon, 12”x18” size with 2 brass grommets, American made.
Gadsden desktop flags are made in the United States. Size is 4 x 6 inch, lightweight nylon material, hemmed all four sides, mounted on 10” black staffs with a golden spear point. Table top bases are available in black plastic to display from 1- 7 flags. Wood bases are available with either 10 holes or 12 holes to display additional flags.
Stick flags, hand held mounted flags are 12x18 inch with 30" staff, and 24x36" with 48" staff. , lightweight poly-cotton, fully hemmed, with a golden spear point, and made in America. Select from the order menu above.
FLAG DESCRIPTION / HISTORY
South Carolina 1775-1776 - The Gadsden Flag is the yellow rattlesnake flag of the American Revolution. By the time of the War of Independence, the rattlesnake, frequently used in conjunction with the motto "Don't Tread on Me," was a common symbol for the United States, its independent spirit, and its resistance to tyranny. The flag is named after an American colonel, Christopher Gadsden of South Carolina, who designed it.
Journal of the South Carolina Provincial Congress, 9 February 1776: "Col. Gadsden presented to the Congress an elegant standard, such as is to be used by the commander in chief of the American navy; being a yellow field, with a lively representation of a rattle-snake in the middle, in the attitude of going to strike, and these words underneath, "DON'T TREAD ON ME!"
Dixon and Hunter's Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg, Virginia, 11 May 1776: "The colours of the American Fleet to have a snake with thirteen rattles, the fourteenth budding, described in the attitude of going to strike, with this motto, "Don't Tread on Me!"
Letter from New Providence, Bahamas (after the Continental fleet's raid on New Providence), dated 13 May 1776, printed in London Ladies' Magazine, July 1776: "The colors of the American fleet were striped under the Union, with thirteen strokes called the United Colonies, and their standard, a rattlesnake; motto-'Don't Tread on Me!'"
John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 23 March 1776: "As to continental Colors, the Congress have made no order as yet respecting them, and I believe the Captains of their armed Vessels have in that particular been directed by their own fancies and Inclinations. I remember to have seen a flag designed for one of them on which was extremely well painted a Rattle Snake rearing his Crest and shaking his Rattles, with this Motto "Dont tread on me". But whether this Device was generally adopted by the fleet, I am not able to say. I rather think it was not." (ref; history.navy.mil Naval History and Heritage Command, The U.S. Navy's First Jack) |
