• Easyreever@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    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?

    • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
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      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