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

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The Gadsden flag, offering a rattlesnake and the word "Don't Tread on Me," changed into adopted by way of some Confederate gadgets as a image of resistance opposed to perceived oppression.