Rattlesnake on a Flag

a rattlesnake on a flag with text "DO NOT TREAD ON ME"
Photo By/Credit

Thomas Jefferson Foundation

Date Shot/Created
Circa 1774
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
The battle flag of the 1774 United Companies of the Train of Artillery of the Town of Providence (UTA): one of the earliest recorded uses of a rattlesnake on a flag, pre-dates the Gadsden Flag.