<P> The heavy metal band Metallica recorded a song called "Don't Tread on Me" on their self - titled fifth studio album, released in 1991 . The album cover features a dark grey picture of a coiled rattlesnake like the one found on the Gadsden Flag . The song's lyrics refer to political phrases from the American Revolutionary War . </P> <P> "Don't Tread On Me" is a song from hard rock supergroup Damn Yankees on their 1992 studio album Don't Tread . </P> <P> In addition, in the hit series The West Wing, Sam Seaborn's office displays the flag hanging above his cabinet . </P> <P> NASCAR driver Carl Edwards displayed the Gadsden Flag next to his facsimile signature on his race car . </P>

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