The red flag is the first navy jack.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Navy_Jack
I always liked it better than the yellow Gadsden Flag because of how it resembles the stars and stripes.
“All four of the American designed “Rattlesnake Flags” show a COILED Rattlesnake. The only other rattlesnake flag, called “The First Navy Jack”, was “designed by” the English artist Thomas Hart as background art.
From: http://self.gutenberg.org/article/WHEBN0001081037/Gadsden%20flag
“All four of the American designed “Rattlesnake Flags” show a COILED Rattlesnake. The only other rattlesnake flag, called “The First Navy Jack”, was “designed by” the English artist Thomas Hart as background art.
The traditional version of the First Navy Jack has an uncoiled rattlesnake and the same motto as the Gadsden flag, on a field of 13 horizontal red and white stripes. Flag experts (vexillologists) speculate that either the English Artist Thomas Hart either did not know about the practice of Rattlesnakes to coil in defense, or did, and intended to insult the fledgling American Navy as a weak and vulnerable creature as a rattlesnake is when not coiled and ready to strike, slithering on the ground, trying to escape, with its motto “(Please) Don’t Tread on Me!”. However, others suggest the snake pictured on the flag was being provoked, and is striking. Hence the warning, “Don’t tread on me (or I will strike)”.”.
No reason why a new flag with a coiled snake on the stripes couldn’t be made.
two years ago I visited the eastern shore of Maryland to eat mass quantities of crab cakes and where I bought this bumper sticker. It is localizing the sentiment rather than mocking it.
There was another that said "We're not Maryland we're the Eastern Shore"
