Product Description
Our Nylon fabric goes by many names; Durawavez, Endura-Nylon, Perm-Nyl, or simply Nylon. Our Heavy-Duty Commercial Grade Dupont Solarmax material with Sunscreen. The best nylon on the market! Perfect for flying outdoors, our 200-denier fabric allows for flyability in light breezes and the durable Lock Stitching extends the flags life longer than printed or even chain stitched flags. The quick drying of nylon allows for longer color retention! Our sizes vary between 12” x 18” all the way to a 50’ x 80’!! All flags are Made in the USA!
This Gadsden Flag features:
- Rich, Vivid Color
- Durable
- Mildew Resistant
- Moth-Proof
- 200 Denier Nylon
- Light Breeze Flyability
- 4 Rows of Lock Stitching on the Fly End
- 2 Row of Lock Stitching on Header
- Made in America
The timber rattlesnake is a common poisonous snake found in the area of the original Thirteen Colonies and has long used as a symbol for the American spirit. Some of the first publications using the rattlesnake were traced back to Benjamin Franklin. In 1751, he made the first reference to the rattlesnake in a satirical commentary published in the Pennsylvania Gazette. Great Britain was sending convicted criminals, similar to their policy with Australia, to the Americas; Franklin’s suggestion was to send rattlesnakes to Britain as a thank you. He later used the rattlesnake again in 1754. During the French-Indian War, Franklin published his woodcut of a snake cut into 8 sections. Each section of the snake represented one of the colonies with the Head being New England and the tail being South Carolina, under the snake was the message “Join, or Die”. The political cartoon was the first to be published in an American newspaper.
In December 1775, Franklin published an essay in the Pennsylvania Journal under the pseudonym American Guesser explaining why he thought the rattlesnake was a good symbol for America:
“I recollected that her eye excelled in brightness, that of any other animal, and that she has no eye-lids—She may therefore be esteemed an emblem of vigilance.—She never begins an attack, nor, when once engaged, ever surrenders: She is therefore an emblem of magnanimity and true courage.—As if anxious to prevent all pretensions of quarreling with her, the weapons with which nature has furnished her, she conceals in the roof of her mouth, so that, to those who are unacquainted with her, she appears to be a most defenseless animal; and even when those weapons are shown and extended for her defense, they appear weak and contemptible; but their wounds however small, are decisive and fatal:—Conscious of this, she never wounds till she has generously given notice, even to her enemy, and cautioned him against the danger of stepping on her.—Was I wrong, Sir, in thinking this a strong picture of the temper and conduct of America?” – Benjamin Franklin
The rattlesnake symbol was adopted by Continental Congress in 1778 when it approved the design for the official Seal of the War Office. At the top center of the Seal is a rattlesnake holding a banner which says: “This We’ll Defend”. According to the US Army’s Institute of Heraldry, the snake and scroll symbolize the US Army’s constant readiness to defend and preserve the United States. The design of the War Office Seal was carried forward, with some minor changes, into the War Department’s seal, and the Department of the Army’s Seal, Emblem and Flag. The rattlesnake has been apart of American culture and has been a symbol for the American spirt for over 236 years.