The Flag in question is said to be the symbol of one Richard Worley who was one of the most awesome forbears a man could have. (I don't care if there isn't proof currently. I know there's pirate in my blood.). He was one of the first pirates to fly the Jolly Roger - that skull and crossbones motif associated with good pirates everywhere, even Johnny Depp. He made a compact with his crew to fight to the death and never surrender to authorities - Worley tradition even today. He also fled from the authorities after getting the loot he wanted, then had to go back and get more - also Worley custom. After going to Jamestown, he failed to recognize that two ships in the harbor were warships of the Royal Navy, and not merchants. He rectified his mistake by firing at them anyway, but was then boarded. At this point he either died on board his ship as a casualty of the firefight that had occurred, or was hung. I prefer to believe that he died defending his ship, and that the British hung him anyway just as a precaution.
Unfortunately, his efforts in piracy were at the time blamed on Blackbeard, and Richard did not gain much notoriety. This would become a inherited curse on the Worley family, which would do many deeds that were attributed to someone else (mostly involving rioting and vandalizing state property).
Although he was fairly mediocre pirate in the annals of history, still the possibility that he could be an ancestor of mine and the fact he's known for piracy's most marketable image, make him pretty awesome. Plus a pirate is the ultimate symbol of anti-establishmentarianism: On the high seas the pirate captain is God - answerable to none except those who believe in him, and any who follow him have a chance of sharing in that independence. My use of the flag is to demonstrate at a glance my hopeful independence from everything, even when life tries to assert my servility to it with a cannonball across the deck.
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