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In the fall of 1775, as the first
ships of the Continental Navy
readied in the Delaware River,
Commodore Esek Hopkins
directed his vessels to fly a
striped Jack and Ensign at their
proper places. The First Navy
Jack has traditionally been shown
as consisting of 13 horizontal
alternating red and white stripes
with a rattlesnake and the motto
"Don't Tread on Me." The
rattlesnake had long been a
symbol of resistance to British
repressive acts in Colonial
America; its display on the new
jack of the new Continental Navy
fit naturally with the fervor of the
times.
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