Gadsden flag.
First Navy Jack.
South Carolina Navy ensign.
Culpeper Minutemen flag.

Don't Tread on Me, usually stylized in all caps without an apostrophe, is a political slogan dating to the American Revolution.

Origins

It is an alternative English translation to the Latin phrase Noli me tangere. Historically, Noli me tangere was used by Revolutionary-Era Americans in reference to the Gadsden flag—with its derivation "don't tread on me"[1]—and other representations dating to the American Revolutionary War.[2]

Uses

United States military mottoes

In the United States military, the phrase is the motto of the US Army's oldest infantry regiment, the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), located at Fort Myer, Virginia. "Don't tread on me" is also used in the First Navy Jack of United States Navy. It is also the motto of the U.S Army 4th Infantry Regiment, located in Hohenfels, Germany. The Royal Air Force adopted this motto for the No. 103 (Bomber) Squadron.

Flags

Music

Other uses

References

Works cited

  • Cannon, Devereaux D. Jr. (1991), The Flags of the Confederacy: An Illustrated History, St. Lukes Press, ISBN 978-0918518637
  • Shipley, Joseph Twadell (2001), The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, The Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN 978-0801830044

See also

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