Don't Tread | Patriotic Dry Fit T-Shirt

Don’t Tread on Me is that primary design featured on this MatTime dryfit shirt. This phrase is credited to Christopher Gadsden, a politician and soldier from South Carolina that used a coiled rattlesnake with the text, "DON'T TREAD ON ME" for the design of a flag in 1775. The flag was used by the Continental Marines, the successor of which because the United States Marine Corps. The snake was an established symbol for America at the time. Benjamin Franklin notably used it, saying the rattlesnake never backed down when provoked, which captured “the temper and conduct of America.” Though we seem to have moved away from this old school resolve, it is important to understand this country's history and that's what this shirt is about. As the very fabric and fundamental morality of our country is put to the test, people cannot let their thoughts and beliefs go unspoken. If you see things that you do not like or your values are being attacked "STAND YOUR GROUND". This doesn't mean we should s