The Gadsden Flag, a flag with a long distinguished history of defiance in face of government overreach, is in the news once again. General Christopher Gadsden, designed the flag during the early days of the American Revolution. The flag first flew high and proud in 1775.

I would venture to say that General Gadsden drew inspiration from this political cartoon drawn by none other than Benjamin Franklin.

Both strong symbols of throwing off the British rule. Both served as an inspirational call to arms, and a call for liberty and freedom during the American Revolution.

After the Revolution, the Gadsden Flag disappeared mostly from sight, until a few years ago when it was flown in protest of the Obama Administration’s overreach on taxes, regulation, and healthcare. The story below gives a bit of the flag’s history along with the idiocy of political correctness in recent years.