Posted on 12/17/2020 12:50:12 AM PST by ammodotcom
The Sons of Liberty flag is very meaningful to us, as it’s the flag that inspired the backdrop of our logo. Its origins go back to 1765, when a secretive group of patriots known as “the Loyal Nine” was formed – the group behind the original Boston Tea Party. The flag was then known as “the Rebellious Stripes” and it was banned by the British king, the highest endorsement the Crown could give.
The Sons of Liberty: “No Taxation Without Representation”
The Sons of Liberty were perhaps the most radical group of American patriots during the pre-Revolutionary period, but the true Sons of Liberty had a relatively short lifespan. They were formed in response to the Stamp Act of 1765 and disbanded when the Act was repealed. Still, the name lived on as a popular brand name for the biggest firebrands of the American Revolution.
Many of the members of the true Sons of Liberty are American legends who need no introduction. Samuel Adams. John Hancock. Patrick Henry. Paul Revere. Even Benedict Arnold counted himself among their number. It’s unclear whether the original Sons of Liberty were a clandestine organization with an official membership or just a rallying point for anyone who opposed the Stamp Act. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter. The unified identity of opposition to the Crown was the organization, whether it was official or not.
The motto of the Sons of Liberty was a simple phrase known to virtually every American: “No taxation without representation.” While its origins are largely shrouded in mystery and lacking firm documentation, many experts agree that, to the extent that it was an organization with members, it was founded by none other than famous rabble rouser Samuel Adams.
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Used in Johnny Tremain movie they made us watch in fourth grade. Never read the book.
Their ballot box was taken away long before...
“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand?... The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin’s thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt! If...if...We didn’t love freedom enough. And even more – we had no awareness of the real situation.... We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.”
― Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn , The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
If we can’t secure the ballot box...sooner or later...next box.
We ARE at UNSECURED BALLOT BOX.
Soap box - censored
Ballot box - fraudulent
Jury box - corrupted
Ammo box - ajar.
Michigan is in LOCKDOWN. Death by GOVERNMENT. There is a history of it.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/michigan-mother-of-six-fined-cafe-open
I like the movie better, but the book is good too.
The miniseries is running on starz or showtime now, always watch it! Those were amazing men!
The Sons may make a reappearance in US history once again in cells of three in resistance to the new Amerikan government.
Have not doubt the bumbling idiots and partisan thugs in the FBI will jump all over any opposition to the Party.
The book is very good
Just like Patriots dumped tea in the harbor, Patriots need to dump their cable tv
Great post. I just ordered this flag. Thanks.
Yes, seems like we are pretty close to reaching the last one.
Proud to say my 5th G-GF John Updike was a “Son of Liberty”, a suspect in the Burning of the Gaspee, a member of RI Committee of Correspondence, RI Council of War, he piloted the French Fleet into Newport Harbor and privateer.
One thing we have plenty of in Israel is books. People discard them but leave them in clean, dry places for others to go through. You can find old books, new ones, books in Russian, French, Arabic and English lying everywhere. One abandoned bus stop has become a de facto book depot in Efrat. So it’s entirely likely I’ll run into Johnny Tremain. Is it Young Adult, or just general age groups?
Thank you kindly! The Rebellious Stripes must be flown now as much as back then.
VERY young adult. I read it in second grade. You can breeze through it in a couple of hours, I’m sure.
Without question. It will instantly be branded a white nationalist movement and enthusiastically attacked by every Alpha Bit boy in the country.
Committees of Correspondence and Committees of Safety
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