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Many scholars now agree that this "American Guesser" was Benjamin Franklin. Franklin is also known for opposing the use of an [[eagle]] — "a bird of bad moral character" — as a national symbol.

Many scholars now agree that this "American Guesser" was Benjamin Franklin. Franklin is also known for opposing the use of an [[eagle]] — "a bird of bad moral character" — as a national symbol.

==The Culpeper Flag==

==The Culpeper Flag==

 

The Gadsden flag and other rattlesnake flags were widely used during the [[American Revolution]]. There was no standard American flag at the time, not even [[Betsy Ross's stars and stripes]]. People were free to choose their own banners. The Minutemen of [[Culpeper County]], [[Virginia]], chose a flag that looks generally like the Gadsden flag, but also includes the famous words of the man who organized the Virginia militia, [[Patrick Henry]]: "Liberty or Death."<ref>[http://www.gadsden.info/Culpeper.html The Culpeper Flag]</ref>

The Gadsden flag and other rattlesnake flags were widely used during the [[American Revolution]]. There was no standard American flag at the time, not even [[Betsy Ross's stars and stripes]]. People were free to choose their own banners. The Minutemen of [[Culpeper County]], [[Virginia]], chose a flag that looks generally like the Gadsden flag, but also includes the famous words of the man who organized the Virginia militia, [[Patrick Henry]]: "Liberty or Death."<ref>[http://www.gadsden.info/Culpeper.html The Culpeper Flag]</ref>