I believe I saw the Green Mountain Boys' flag in yesterdays' protests

[mrgorth]

And by "protests" I mean the violent part...riot if you prefer.

Anyway, if you're not familiar, this is the flag:
[link:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Flag_of_the_Vermont_Republic.svg|

And this is what it's from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Mountain_Boys

Being a huge fan of Vermont and having been there a lot, I believe that this flag operates as kind of a unofficial state flag. It sure beats the boring one with the seal. I know that it also serves as the flag for the independence movement, The Second Vermont Republic:
http://vermontrepublic.org

I don't have much hope for such a movement but I know that there's something similar in the Pacific Northwest:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascadia_(independence_movement)

Anyway, while I don't support any of the damage to property done yesterday, I admit to a sense of pride seeing the Green Mountain Boys' flag in the thick of it. Anyone else catch this? Was it part of the secessionist movement? I own one of these flags myself and might start flying it today. It will be a real social experiment as I live in a row of 4 twins that look almost identical, in the middle of a small town in PA. IE, ignorant people might egg (or worse) my house. I guess we'll see.

[brush]

1. Thanks for the history and links, didn't know that Vermont wasn't one of the original 13.

Fly that flag.

[mrgorth]

2. Sorry for bumping my own thread...

Is it still possible to post pictures and videos or has that been disabled? Yes, I looked already. TIA!