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Description The Gadsden flag without an apostrophe, as in some reconstructions.
Date 1775, SVG creation: 2007-04-12
Source Own work
Author Christopher Gadsden (1724–1805), Lexicon, Vikrum
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current09:02, 5 February 2021Thumbnail for version as of 09:02, 5 February 2021900 × 600 (167 KB)Thespoondragon (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 13:57, 16 September 2009 (UTC) No original Gadsden flags are known to exist, all we have are various reconstructions, some of which use an apostrophe and some of which don't. Per COM:OW, contested changes should be split to a different file.
17:01, 15 December 2020Thumbnail for version as of 17:01, 15 December 2020900 × 600 (208 KB)Sweyn78 (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 19:02, 19 August 2009 (UTC) According to Gadsden_flag#Variations_in_appearance, the original versions all used an apostrophe.
13:57, 16 September 2009Thumbnail for version as of 13:57, 16 September 2009900 × 600 (167 KB)Ian Moody~commonswiki (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 22:00, 21 February 2009
19:02, 19 August 2009Thumbnail for version as of 19:02, 19 August 2009900 × 600 (208 KB)Mnmazur (talk | contribs)I'm 100% certain the American colonists used the apostrophe.
22:00, 21 February 2009Thumbnail for version as of 22:00, 21 February 2009900 × 600 (167 KB)Ptkfgs (talk | contribs)hrmm text too large
22:40, 17 February 2009Thumbnail for version as of 22:40, 17 February 2009900 × 600 (167 KB)Ptkfgs (talk | contribs)arial is wrong for the gadsden flag. it didn't exist until two centuries later. i have re-set it in caslon: 1. it existed when the flag was created; 2. it was quite popular in the colonies; 3. the surviving period flags use a serif typeface.
00:39, 13 April 2007Thumbnail for version as of 00:39, 13 April 2007900 × 600 (157 KB)Lexicon (talk | contribs)Better version.
02:51, 8 December 2006Thumbnail for version as of 02:51, 8 December 2006900 × 600 (459 KB)Newmanbe (talk | contribs){{Information |Description= The Gadsden flag |Source= Self |Date= 2006-12-07 |Author= ~~~, Vikrum |Permission= {{self2|GFDL|cc-by-sa-2.0}} |other_versions= Image:Gadsden flag large.png }} [[Category:Flags of the Uni

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