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==== The Gadsden Flag ====
==== The Gadsden Flag ====
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By 1775, at the birth of the [[U.S. Navy]] and the U.S. Marine Corps in Philadelphia, the first Marines recruited may have been the first [[American]] citizens to combine the rattlesnake symbol, seen on the [[Gadsden Flag]], with a defiant "Don't Tread on Me" slogan.<ref name=marinehistoryII>Chris Whitten. [http://www.foundingfathers.info/stories/gadsden.html Don't Tread on Me], ''The history of the Gadsden flag and how the rattlesnake became a symbol of American independence;'' ''The birth of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps'', July 05, 2001, updated September 2002.</ref><ref>http://www.worldwar2history.info/Marines/</ref>
By 1775, at the birth of the [[U.S. Navy]] and the U.S. Marine Corps in Philadelphia, the first Marines recruited may have been the first [[American]] citizens to combine the rattlesnake symbol, seen on the [[Gadsden Flag]], with a defiant "Don't Tread on Me" slogan.<ref name=marinehistoryII>Chris Whitten. [http://www.foundingfathers.info/stories/gadsden.html Don't Tread on Me], ''The history of the Gadsden flag and how the rattlesnake became a symbol of American independence;'' ''The birth of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps'', July 05, 2001, updated September 2002.</ref><ref>http://www.worldwar2history.info/Marines/</ref>
What's particularly interesting for American history is that some of the Marines that enlisted the very first month in Philadelphia were carrying drums painted yellow, emblazoned with a fierce rattlesnake, coiled and ready to strike, with thirteen rattles, and sporting the motto "Don't Tread on Me."<ref name=marinehistoryII/>
What's particularly interesting for American history is that some of the Marines that enlisted the very first month in Philadelphia were carrying drums painted yellow, emblazoned with a fierce rattlesnake, coiled and ready to strike, with thirteen rattles, and sporting the motto "Don't Tread on Me."<ref name=marinehistoryII/>
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