“Even during our heightened days of civil disobedience and protest, we have only advocated peaceful means, never arming ourselves and retaliating with violence,” Duran said. West Hollywood Councilman John Duran, who is gay, said the signs were upsetting and not the right message for the gay community. “Whoever is doing this, this is not the voice of the city,” Meister said. Meister said it was unclear who designed or posted the signs. “There’s a lot of frustration, a lot of rage, a lot of sadness, but we firmly believe that love conquers hate.” “It’s been a very emotional and turbulent week for the city and the LGBT community,” Meister said. The mayor said she, too, was surprised by the signs.Īt Monday night’s vigil at the gay bar Micky’s, people spoke of wanting to end gun violence, and many loudly voiced their support for an assault weapons ban, Meister said. “But there are ways to do that without a gun.” “I understand that people want to fight back after Orlando,” she said. The Orlando slayings occurred just hours before the city hosted a massive LGBT Pride parade, and a candlelight vigil for the victims drew hundreds of people on Monday evening. Perez said the past few days in West Hollywood - which has a famously large lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population - have been tense. It’s our job to keep you safe.”įULL COVERAGE: Orlando nightclub shooting »
“I hope it’s just people venting that they could do this, and I’m hoping their calmness will take over. A bit expensive for quality.“I understand the sentiment behind them and 1st Amendment rights, but it’s a bad message,” Perez said. The best part about it is it's American made.
Not as high quality as the Tex flag but still a nice flag to fly. Posted by Russell L Grafton on 5th Sep 2016 It should be clearly stated that this flag is backward on the reverse, and that this is "standard on flags made in the U.S." as the customer service person informed me. Posted by Patricia Martin on 22nd Apr 2020 Posted by Lynette Campagna on 9th May 2020 Can see through flag when held up to light because of fabric type. Nice image, double stitched edges, printed on one side so grommets are on the left. Posted by Susan Borodemos on 2nd Aug 2021 It said, that should he accomplish his purpose, it would be as dangerous to tread on America as it would be to tread on her symbol – the American rattler.
The sentence is an answer to his Highness and a warning as well. Lord North had declared that he would never relax his coercive measures until he had brought America to his feet. The words “Don’t Tread on Me” were evolved from an incident of the times.
It is claimed that the Gadsden Flag was flown on the “Alfred” as the personal banner of commander Esek Hopkins, Commander of the American Navy. Congress thanked him for the idea and discussed Benjamin Franklin’s analysis of the Rattlesnake, but declined to incorporate it into law. One of the first of these was the Gadsden Flag, devised by Colonel Christopher Gadsden, a patriot of South Carolina, and presented to Congress with the expressed desire that it be designated as the flag of the Commander of the American Navy. The rattlesnake flags were the product of the southern colonies. The printed design is on 200 denier Nylon Material. All Flags are finished with heading and grommets.