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|  [[File:CulpeperMinuteMen.jpg|125px]] ||The 1st Virginia Regiment consisted of about three hundred militiamen under the command of Colonel [[Patrick Henry]]; one hundred of these men were from the town of Culpeper, and as all of them marched to Williamsburg in October-November 1775, the Culpeper men flew this flag, based on the symbolism that the rattlesnake represented for the American colonies, with Henry's patriotic words added as well.     

|  [[File:CulpeperMinuteMen.jpg|125px]] ||The 1st Virginia Regiment consisted of about three hundred militiamen under the command of Colonel [[Patrick Henry]]; one hundred of these men were from the town of Culpeper, and as all of them marched to Williamsburg in October-November 1775, the Culpeper men flew this flag, based on the symbolism that the rattlesnake represented for the American colonies, with Henry's patriotic words added as well.     

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|  [[File:1st Navy Jack.JPG|125px]] ||The second jack used by Commodore Hopkins placed a rattlesnake over the words "DON'T TREAD ON ME"; engravings of Hopkins during this period show he did fly such a flag.  The ''First Navy Jack'' is still in use today, flown on the bows of all U.S. warships.

|  [[File:1st Navy Jack.JPG|125px]] ||The second jack used by Commodore Hopkins placed a rattlesnake over the words "DON'T TREAD ON ME"; engravings of Hopkins during this period show he did fly such a flag.  The ''First Navy Jack'' is still in use today, flown on the bows of all United States naval warships.

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|  [[File:Gadsden flag.png|125px]] ||The 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]].

|  [[File:Gadsden flag.png|125px]] ||The 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 flags have found a use in the current TEA Party movement as a visual banner 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.