Gadsden Flag Meaning Explained and Its Revolutionary Origins

Footage of a 12-year-old student being told they must remove a Gadsden flag patch from their bag due to "its origins with slavery" went viral on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday, racking up more than 9.1 million views.

The incident took place at The Vanguard School in Colorado Springs, with the educational establishment also emailing the child's family to say the Gadsden flag is "tied to the Confederate flag and other white-supremacy groups" and "tied to hate groups."

The school reversed course after the video sparked a furious backlash from conservatives, with Colorado's Democratic governor also retweeting a post criticizing the decision, saying the patch would be allowed to stay.