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|  [[File:Gadsden flag.png|125px]] || By 1775, at the birth of the [[U.S. Navy]] and the [[U.S. Marine Corps]], some of the Marines that enlisted during the first month in [[Philadelphia]] may have also been the first [[American]] citizens to combine the rattlesnake symbol, seen on the [[Gadsden Flag]], with a defiant "Don't Tread on Me" slogan. The Gadsden Flag, chosen by Commodore Hopkins as his personal standard, was designed by Colonel Christopher Gadsden of South Carolina, and presented to the Continental Congress in 1776.  Hopkins flew this flag during the first amphibious invasion conducted by the American Navy in the [[Bahamas]].  Outside of the military, all three [[Rattlesnake (American symbol)|rattlesnake]] flags have found a use in the [[Tea Party Movement]] as a visual banner and symbol against an overbearing - and increasingly hostile - Federal government.  

|  [[File:Gadsden flag.png|125px]] || By 1775, at the birth of the [[U.S. Navy]] and the [[U.S. Marine Corps]], some of the Marines that enlisted during the first month in [[Philadelphia]] may have also been the first [[American]] citizens to combine the rattlesnake symbol, seen on the [[Gadsden Flag]], with a defiant "Don't Tread on Me" slogan. The Gadsden Flag, chosen by Commodore Hopkins as his personal standard, was designed by Colonel Christopher Gadsden of South Carolina, and presented to the Continental Congress in 1776.  Hopkins flew this flag during the first amphibious invasion conducted by the American Navy in the [[Bahamas]].  Outside of the military, all three [[Rattlesnake (American symbol)|rattlesnake]] flags have found a use in the [[Tea Party Movement]] as a visual banner and symbol against an overbearing - and increasingly hostile - Federal government.  

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|  [[File:Grand Union Flag.png|125px]] ||Considered the first flag of the United States, the ''Grand Union Flag'' was in use from late 1775 until mid 1777.

|  [[File:Grand Union Flag.png|125px]] ||Considered the first flag of the United States, the ''[[Grand Union Flag]]'' was in use from late 1775 until mid 1777.

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|  [[File:Betsy Ross Flag.png|125px]] ||Allegedly created at the request of [[George Washington]] in June, 1776, the ''Betsy Ross'' flag has much legend instead of fact surrounding it; Ross is popularly credited with this creation of the first Stars and Stripes.

|  [[File:Betsy Ross Flag.png|125px]] ||Allegedly created at the request of [[George Washington]] in June, 1776, the ''Betsy Ross'' flag has much legend instead of fact surrounding it; Ross is popularly credited with this creation of the first Stars and Stripes.