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Live Free or Die T-Shirt/Coffee Mugs

Flag-Works has added a New Collection- Live Free or Die T-Shirt and Coffee Mugs. The T-Shirt are available in sizes small – x-large. We are carrying two colors Hunter Green with Yellow and Grey with Navy at this time. The Coffee Mugs are 16 ozs White/Blue with Red. What a great gift to give!!! Stop in to our fabulous  store or order online. Don’t hesitate to order a size that is not in stock. We will be glad to make what is not available. Made in the USA

Live Free or Die Bumper Stickers are coming soon!!!

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The motto became “Live Free Or Die,” as once voiced by General John Stark, the state’s most distinguished hero of the Revolutionary War, and the world famous Old Man of the Mountain was voted the official state emblem.

The motto was part of a volunteer toast which General Stark sent to his wartime comrades, in which he declined an invitation to head up a 32nd anniversary reunion of the 1777 Battle of Bennington in Vermont, because of poor health. The toast said in full: “Live Free Or Die; Death Is Not The Worst of Evils.” The following year, a similar invitation (also declined) said: “The toast, sir, which you sent us in 1809 will continue to vibrate with unceasing pleasure in our ears, “Live Free Or Die; Death Is Not The Worst Of Evils.”