For the third year in a row, the "Don't Tread on Me" plate with the coiled snake from the historic Gadsden Flag — created as a cry for independence during American Revolutionary War days — is ...

The most purchased tag was the "Don't Tread on Me" Gadsden Flag specialty plate benefiting Friends of Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park in Elizabethton. And then the letters started rolling in.

The American Revolution ... Depicting a black snake on a yellow background with the words “Don’t Tread on Me,” the Gadsden flag is now a common symbol among libertarian and conservative ...