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It's generally accepted that Hopkins' flag was presented to him by Christopher Gadsden, who felt it was especially important for the commodore to have a distinctive personal standard. Gadsden also presented a copy of this flag to his state legislature in [[Charleston]]. This is recorded in the South Carolina congressional journals:

It's generally accepted that Hopkins' flag was presented to him by Christopher Gadsden, who felt it was especially important for the commodore to have a distinctive personal standard. Gadsden also presented a copy of this flag to his state legislature in [[Charleston]]. This is recorded in the South Carolina congressional journals:

{{Cquote|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!"<ref>Chris Whitten. [http://www.gadsden.info/Christopher.html The Gadsden Flag's Namesake], Gadsden.info, 2001-2009.</ref>}}

{{Cquote|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!"<ref>Chris Whitten. [http://www.gadsden.info/Christopher.html The Gadsden Flag's Namesake], Gadsden.info, 2001-2009.</ref>}}

==Gadsden Flag History==

==Gadsden Flag History==