Gadsden Flag Flap

On February 27th, 2010, the tea party movement in Connecticut had its one year anniversary tea party rally in Hartford, at the Capitol.  A strange sight greeted me and fellow member, the Flagman.  It was the flag of an obscure foreign nation, and it was front and center, AND higher than both the Connecticut State flag and the American flag.  So my intrepid buddy the Flagman did a little research, and it turns out, that place of honor is reserved for flags that are requested to be flown there by various groups.  There are guidelines to be sure, like it has to be a legitimate flag of a country, state, military group, etc., and it turns out, our adopted flag, the "Don't Tread On Me" Gadsden flag fits perfectly within the rules.  So we requested that it be flown from April 9th to April 15th, and the Capitol Police and Governor said yes.  A flag raising ceremony, afforded to all flags, was set for April 9th at 9am.  And then, liberal cry baby Mike Lawlor complained.  Lawlor, by the way, was more than happy on March 31st to attend the flag raising ceremony of the Russian flag, but this? A genuine American flag with a 200 plus year history?  Waaaaaaaaaay to controversial!!!  So the Capitol police, bowing to political pressure, reversed its decision and cancelled the flag raising.

Well, we didn't spend the last year protesting all over the state, driving Dodd out of office, and recruiting candidates because we are the shy retiring types!  Hell no.  So Flagman brought another Gadsden flag and our own flag pole, and we had our own flag raising ceremony, complete with press conference.  And we never would have had the press we did if it hadn't been for Rep. Lawlor.  So thanks Mike.  You managed to make yourself look like a whiney cry baby who hates liberty and give us press at the same time!  Well done.2x3 Ft Gadsden FLag  Flags of the Civil War (Special Editions (Military))