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.

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 ...

Turns out Tennessee specialty license plates are proving to be lucrative for some nonprofits tapping into conservative messaging. For the third year in a row, the "Don't Tread on Me" plate with ...