1Some readers have asked me to explain the reference to the 'sea-green banner of liberty.' The sea-green banner was the emblem of the Levellers, the first mass libertarian movement in history. The Levellers came to prominence in the 1640s, during the English Civil War, when ' to their credit ' they found themselves at odds with both King and Cromwell. They had a crucial influence on later classical liberal thinkers like John Locke. For some online versions of Leveller tracts, see www.constitution.org/lev/levellers.htm [3]. I particularly recommend Richard Overton's delightfully titled
(And if you've got a spare $675.00 you feel like getting rid of, check out this massive hard copy collection [5], edited by my friend Jim Otteson.) So if there's a libertarian colour, it's sea-green. (Unfortunately, I haven't seen pictures of the Levellers' banners, so I don't know what shade of sea-green they used.)
Links:
[1] http://strike-the-root.com/user/165
[2] http://strike-the-root.com/topics/tyranny
[3] http://www.constitution.org/lev/levellers.htm
[4] http://www.constitution.org/lev/eng_lev_05.htm
[5] http://www.thoemmes.com/political/levellers.htm
[6] mailto:longrob@mail.auburn.edu
[7] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1577240456/qid%253D1044600860/sr%253D11-1/ref%253Dsr%255F11%255F1/striketheroot-20
[8] http://www.praxeology.net/