The Gadsden flag, featuring a rattlesnake and the phrase "Don't Tread on Me

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The Gadsden flag, offering a rattlesnake and the phrase "Don't Tread on Me," turned into adopted by way of a few Confederate models as a image of resistance towards perceived oppression.