The most purchased tag was the "Don't Tread on Me" Gadsden Flag specialty plate benefiting Friends of Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park in Elizabethton. And then the letters started rolling in.

I was directly on the other side of Broadway near Ninth Avenue when a stranger wearing a "Don't Tread on Me" cap made a snarky aside to me about what we just witnessed. Initially, I smirked at the ...

Demand for the “Don’t Tread on Me” specialty license plate canonizing the tea party’s rallying cry has made the tag one of the most coveted in the state, despite being available for just ...