6036561 834ef874d59eef53fb5201ad50b03afe blackflag2012 http://gravatar.com/blackflag2012 blackflag2012 http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/834ef874d59eef53fb5201ad50b03afe http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/834ef874d59eef53fb5201ad50b03afe thumbnail Black Flag® The Black Flag Story. While there are plenty of symbols for Peace (the dove, olive branch, the Line and the Y) and for countries and war, etc., I found none that represented Freedom that did not entangle some sort of nationalistic sentiment or government symbol (eagle, flag, liberty statute, etc.) I asked a popular writer who often wrote about freedom and free markets and asked him what he thought would be the true symbol of 'freedom'. He answered succinctly: "Whatever is the opposite of surrender"