Christopher Gadsden was born 300 years ago today (vanity)
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2/16/2024
Could find nothing in the media to note the anniversay.
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CO Gov. Polis: ‘Pride Flag’ or ‘Gadsden Flag’ – Let Kids Have ‘Free Speech’
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Breitbart ^
| 08/31/2023 | Pam Key
Governor Jared Polis (D-CO) said Wednesday on “CNN Primetime” that school children should be able to display a “Gadsden flag” or a “Pride flag” because “that’s what it’s all about, to be an American.” Discussing a child in Colorado initially being told he can not have a Gadsden symbol on his backpack,
anchor Abby Phillip said, “You’ve called the Gadsden flag a proud symbol of the American revolution. What do you make of why this incident happened in the first place?” Polis said, “Well, look, I call it a teaching moment. You know, Abby, we all remember high school, college,...
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Colorado Controversy Raises Questions Over The Meaning Of The Gadsden Flag: A child was removed from school due to a patch on his backpack featuring the flag.
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Jonathan Turley: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, FREE SPEECH, POLITICS ^
| 08/30/2023 | Jonathan Turley
The historic Gadsden flag is at the heart of a controversy involving a twelve-year-old boy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The child was removed from the school due to a patch on his backpack featuring the flag.The school district defended the action and claimed that, despite its historical symbolism, it is now considered
racist and connected to slavery.Not only is the flag a historical image originally unconnected to slavery, but the action (in my view) contravenes core free speech protections.The flag was designed by Christopher Gadsden of South Carolina in 1775 as a symbol of the defiance of colonists to British...
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VIDEO: Gadsden Flags about to Experience YUUUUGE Sales BOOM
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Rumble ^
| August 30, 2023 | DUmmie FUnnies
VIDEO Thanks to a CLUELESS school administrator in Colorado, Gadsden flags are about to experience a YUUUUUUUGE sales boom. If
the Gadsden flag triggers liberals so much that they want to remove a 12 year old school kid from class for the thought crime of wearing it as a patch, it serves as a big incentive to display more Gadsden flags because folks now know that it really really IRKS the left. The funniest part of the encounter was the administrator obviously not even knowing the NAME of the Gadsden flag since she refers to it as the "Don't Tread...
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Colorado elementary teacher kicks student, 12, out of class for wearing a 'Don't Tread On Me' Gadsden flag - as Gov. Jared Polis slams her claim it is linked to slavery
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Daily Mail UK ^
| August 30, 2023 | Emma James
A Colorado schoolboy has been kicked out of class for having a Gadsden Flag patch on his backpack – despite the governor calling it a 'proud symbol of the American revolution'. Footage
shows Jaiden, 12, and his mother talking to an administrator from The Vanguard School who claimed that the flag had 'origins with slavery.' The staffer claims that the patch was 'disruptive to the classroom environment,' as she claimed it has 'origins with slavery.' He was told that the patch, which has 'Don't Tread on Me' emblazoned on it along with a rattlesnake, was against the district's policy and...
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Colorado Student Kicked out of Class for Wearing Gadsden Flag, Colorado Governor Responds
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tpusa.com ^
| 08/29/2023 | Morgan Zegers
A 12-year-old student in Colorado was allegedly kicked out of class for wearing a Gadsden flag patch after being told by the school that the flag has “origins with slavery and slave trade.” A
viral video on X (the social platform previously known as Twitter) shows 12-year-old Jaiden from The Vanguard School in Colorado Springs being condemned by a school administrator for wearing a Gadsden flag patch on his backpack. The video, which appears to be recorded by Jaime’s mother, outlines the school’s incoherent reasons for removing Jaiden from his class and asking for the patch to be removed. “The...
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Man trying to enter Gadsden school shot to death while attempting to take officer’s gun, officials say
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msn.com/al.com ^
| William Thornton, Carol Robinson, al.com
Investigators are still sorting out what happened to spark a shooting outside a Gadsden elementary school Thursday morning that left one person dead. Etowah
County Sheriff Jonathan Horton said a resident called Attalla police reporting a suspicious man outside the school. Related: Man shot to death by police outside Gadsden school had ‘serious mental issues,’ brother says According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, the man attempted to enter a marked Rainbow City patrol vehicle used by the school resource officer. Reddick said the man was trying to get into vehicles and “aggressively” tried to open several doorways to the...
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UPDATED: ALEA investigating fatal officer-involved shooting near Gadsden elementary school
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WAAY 31 (Huntsville, Alabama ABC) ^
| 06/09/2022 | Jessica Barnett
UPDATE: The man killed Thursday morning has been identified as 32-year-old Robert Tyler White of Bunnlevel, North Carolina. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said a school resource officer tried to stop White as White attempted to break into a police vehicle. White
resisted and tried to take the officer's firearm, ALEA said. He was then injured by gunfire and pronounced deceased, according to ALEA, who is investigating the incident. The agency's findings will be turned over to the Etowah County District Attorney's Office once the investigation is complete. ----- From earlier: A shooting near a Gadsden elementary school Thursday morning...
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Police watchdog to investigate photos of Seattle PD vehicles adorned with Gadsden flags
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MyNorthWest.com ^
| 10/19/21 | NICK BOWMAN
Seattle’s Office of Police Accountability is opening an investigation into photos that circulated on social media over the weekend of Seattle Police Department vehicles adorned with Gadsden flags. On
Sunday night, KTTH’s Jason Rantz Show posted three photos of SPD vehicles with the Gadsden flag draped across their sides, reportedly in protest of the recently implemented COVID vaccine mandate for city employees. SPD reported on Twitter the next day that it had forwarded those photos to the OPA for an investigation. It also sent along claims on social media that SPD officers had been “honking and giving thumps up” in...
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The Gadsden Flag: Don't Tread On Me
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Ammo.com ^
| 2/16/2021 | Sam Jacobs
It’s hard to miss the Gadsden Flag these days. Although
it sprung back into popular American consciousness when the Tea Party first got its legs, this is a flag with a long and storied history. In fact, the flag is older than the United States itself. Back in 1751, Benjamin Franklin designed and published America’s first political cartoon. Called “Join Or Die,” it featured a generic snake cut into 13 parts. The imagery was clear: join together or be destroyed by British power. But why a snake? Around this time, Great Britain was sending criminals over to the colonies. Franklin...
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Roy Moore to announce filing new lawsuit in Gadsden
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Al.com ^
| 05/23/18 | Paul Gattis
Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has scheduled a press conference for Thursday in Gadsden at which he said he will announce the filing of a new lawsuit. The
press release announcing the upcoming lawsuit said the new lawsuit will be brought "against different defendants regarding false allegations made against him during the special election for U.S. Senate." The announcement gave no other details about the lawsuit. Moore previously called a press conference April 30 to announce the filing of a political conspiracy lawsuit against five defendants related to allegations made against Moore a month before election day in last...
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Roy Moore accuser's Gadsden home burns; arson investigation underway
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www.al.com ^
| Updated 4:16 PM; Posted 2:15 PM | By Anna Claire Vollers
Roy Moore accuser Tina Johnson lost her home Tuesday in a fire that is now under investigation by the Etowah County Arson Task Force. Tina Johnson, who first came to public notice for accusing Senate candidate Roy Moore of grabbing her in his office in the early 1990s, said her home on
Lake Mary Louise Road in Gadsden caught fire Tuesday morning. After neighbors and some utility workers called 911 shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday, the Lookout Mountain Fire Department responded to the scene. By the time the flames were extinguished, Johnson and her family had lost everything they owned....
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Former Gadsden mall manager says Roy Moore wasn't banned
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WBRC Fox 6 News ^
| 15 Nov. 2017 | Janet Hall
Former Gadsden mall manager says Roy Moore wasn't banned (Video News Feed)
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Gadsden locals say Moore's predatory behavior at mall, restaurants not a secret
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AL.com ^
| 11-13-2017 | Anna Claire Vollers
Roy Moore's penchant for flirting with teen girls was "common knowledge" and "not a big secret" around Gadsden, according to some area residents. The
Senate candidate has denied any wrongdoing in the wake of a report from The Washington Post in which four women accused Moore of inappropriate advances - and in one instance, a sexual encounter - toward them when they were teens and he was in his early 30s. One of the four women claims she was 14 at the time, making her the only one whose claim would represent a legal violation. Moore has said he never...
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THE ORIGIN OF THE GADSDEN FLAG
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TaraRoss.com ^
| August 6, 2016 | Tara Ross
Historian E. Stanly Godbold describes the meaning of the snake: “The snake had long been a political symbol in America; at the time of the Albany Congress in 1754 Benjamin Franklin had drawn a disconnected serpent and given it the caption, ‘Join or Die.’ The coiled, threatening rattlesnake in 1775 was a
symbol of the unity that the colonies had achieved. . . . [The rattlesnake] attacked only in self-defense but was always deadly. No more fitting symbol could have been found to express the mood of the Continental Congress.”
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OREGON STANDOFF LATEST: GADSDEN FLAG FLIES AT BLM HQ, RALLY, CLIVEN BUNDY WANTS OCCUPATION TO GO ON
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2/2/2016 | Self
Reporter Amanda Peacher from Oregon Public Broadcasting made an unusual discovery at the Bureau of Land Management Headquarters near Burns late Sunday night. Flying
under Old Glory was a Gadsden Flag. Peacher posted a picture on Twitter. Some local residents also noticed and called law enforcement. By Monday morning the Gadsden Flag was down. The flag was an apparent sign of protest in Harney County against the federal government's control of land. Hundreds of patriots gathered outside the Harney County Courthouse at Noon yesterday for a protest that lasted four hours or more. Local residents as well as Pacific Patriot...
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Florida City Council: Mexican Flag OK, Gadsden Flag Must Go
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Political Outcast ^
| September 9, 2014 | Tad Cronn
The city of Ocala, Florida, is going after a local small-business man, threatening to fine him $250 to $500 per day if he doesn’t remove a Gadsden flag from the front of his knife business. GadsdenFlag
Gear Barrel owner Keith Greenberg told The Blaze, “This is a shock. Honestly, I feel like this is Russia. I’ve been around the world … this is what you expect in really closed countries where there is no freedom of expression. Not here — so it’s shocking.” Greenberg said he was told by city officials that he could fly an American flag in front...
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