The Gadsden flag, proposing a rattlesnake and the word "Don't Tread on Me

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The Gadsden flag, providing a rattlesnake and the word "Don't Tread on Me," changed into followed with the aid of some Confederate instruments as a image of resistance opposed to perceived oppression.