CULPEPPER 3X5FT

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The Culpeper minutemen fought for the patriot side in the first year of the American Revolution, and are remembered for their company flag: a white banner featuring a rattlesnake, featuring the phrases "Liberty or Death" and "Don't Tread on Me". At the time, Culpepper was considered frontier territory, and the Culpepper minutemen, many of them hunters, preferred the rifle to the musket