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March 29th, 2008 20 Comments

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20 Responses to “join or die revolutionary flag”

  1. BRian says:
    March 30, 2008 at 9:36 pm

    Way cool..especially for America today. I think this flag should be put back into use and fly under the US flag on the Whitehouse.

  2. Good Stuff says:
    April 12, 2008 at 3:22 pm

    Good Stuff… Let it Fly Again!

  3. Don says:
    April 15, 2008 at 7:08 pm

    This is an awesome flag, fly it high baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  4. Michelle says:
    April 19, 2008 at 6:12 am

    Fantastic and would love to fly it, but where can you buy one?

  5. Kirk says:
    April 24, 2008 at 12:06 pm

    I love this flag and the history behind it. I am getting ready to reproduce this flag for a US Marine in Maryland that has been watching the HBO Series on John Adams. He told me that this flag is in that series and that is why he wants one.

  6. Rebecca says:
    April 24, 2008 at 12:52 pm

    I saw the Join or Die flag on the HBO John Adams mini series and now I want to fly this flag at my house.

  7. Bill says:
    May 1, 2008 at 9:38 am

    I think that this flag represents all that is good and nobel about our country and I would fly it above my house if I could find it. I looked all over the internet and sent e mails to various flag companies to no avail so if anyone finds a source please let us know. This flag tells it all.

  8. Larkin says:
    May 5, 2008 at 3:46 pm

    I found this site today because I have been looking for this flag as well to purchase. It is the 6th flag down the page. I wish I could find a cotton flag, but nylon is the only one I have found thus far. Hope this helps.

    http://www.flagguys.com/hist.html

  9. Patty says:
    May 7, 2008 at 2:54 pm

    I’ve been looking for the join or die flag – does anyone know where I can purchase this flag?

  10. JB says:
    May 10, 2008 at 12:30 am

    I watched and LOVED that whole series, and SOMEHOW at the same time, I couldn’t for the life of me figure out why in my cafepress store sales stats for the Revolutionary War type stuff, especially the ‘Join or Die’ stuff was going nuts..

    Clearly, I’m retarded. Obviously this series was a lot more popular than I thought, I just wish I’d have put 2 and 2 together and made a lot more of an effort to market my stuff to take advantage of it… How funny.

  11. JB says:
    May 10, 2008 at 12:32 am

    P.S. It wasn’t a flag, at least not to begin with. It was a woodcut by Ben Franklin that appeared in a newspaper – can’t remember with 100% certainty, but I think it was the Pennsylvania Gazette or some similar sounding name.

    Sorta like the 1700s equivalent of a political cartoon.

  12. Steve g says:
    May 28, 2008 at 10:53 am

    I love the image, and I get the point… but I don’t think a snake is the best way to represent my country!

  13. Joel says:
    May 30, 2008 at 5:11 pm

    It is a nice flag!!!

  14. mike lauzon says:
    May 31, 2008 at 8:18 am

    Where can one get a flag like this?

  15. You can buy it here. says:
    May 31, 2008 at 8:28 am

    http://www.gadsdenandculpeper.com/joinordieflag.html

  16. Pam says:
    June 3, 2008 at 6:51 pm

    This flag is great! I also saw it on John Adams and would like to buy one for my home. It’s kind of pricey though.

  17. Nancy says:
    July 7, 2008 at 9:51 am

    Remember, this is not a Rev. war flag. It is from a cartoon penned by Ben Franklin in 1754. At that time there was no talk of separating from Great Britain. It’s a good 20 years too early for that!! At the time, unity was needed among the colonies to fight the French and Indian war.

  18. Benjamin says:
    October 3, 2008 at 8:25 pm

    this flag is really cool i wonder it only has 8 colonies on it and why wouldnt Ben Franklin put his own home state which is Pennsylvania………..im really confused!

  19. Todd says:
    November 13, 2008 at 12:18 pm

    For all of you out there, I will try to answer your questions about the significance of this flag. As stated earlier this was originally cover art for the Pennsylvania Gazette and at the time Gorgia and Deleware had plenty given to them from King George III so they had no interest in even questioning English rule. This is actually different than the flag shown in John Adams and that is because in that show all thirteen colonies were represented on the flag. I’m not sure why exactly a rattle snake except for the fact that it is a deadly creature found in Pennsylvania. Ben Franklin also shipped thirteen rattle snakes to King George III at one point in time. The eight seperated parts of the snake obviously represent the eight colonies questioning English rule. It was ment to illustrate that only together could anyone of them survive the power of England. This was not about independency it was about joining together to try and get King George III to treat them the same as England itself.

  20. i pwn u says:
    November 17, 2008 at 4:32 pm

    I think this is a great flag. I would be proud to fly it in my front yard.