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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I do believe it was Franklin who had the 13 pieces of the snake but I always thought the 13 pieces of the snake was printed with the slogan “Unite or Die” which had a slightly different context than the more commonly seen “don’t tread on me”.

I expect that both were kicked around at the same time during the revolutionary or pre-revolutionary war and Franklin made use of it as he saw best.

Of course I could just search for it, but what fun would that be…..I already researched it a long time ago, why go back and try to correct memory, right?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

The Franklin illustration and Gadsden flag are separate, I was just referencing the common use of the snake to represent the colonies