07/04/2026
The DadBod Sweaters AMERICA 250 COLLECTION — ALL SIX JERSEYS. ONE STORY.
250 years ago, a group of ordinary people did something extraordinary. This tournament is our tribute.
Six jerseys. Six flags. Six chapters of the most important story ever told on American soil. Here's the collection — and the thread that ties it all together.
Jersey #1 - The Bedford Flag
Vince Aut Morire. Conquer or Die.
Before there was a nation, there was a militia. On April 19, 1775, Minuteman Nathaniel Page carried a crimson flag into the chaos of Lexington and Concord, one of the oldest flags in American history. The first shot rang out. The Revolution had begun.
Jersey #2 - The Hornet's Nest
First in Freedom.
When Cornwallis marched into Charlotte, NC expecting submission, he got ambushes. The armed citizens of Mecklenburg County made his army bleed for every street. He called it "a hornet's nest of rebellion." They'd already declared independence a year before Philadelphia, May 20, 1775, forever etched on the NC state flag.
Jersey #3 - Join or Die
United we stand. Divided we fall.
Benjamin Franklin drew a severed snake in 1754 and published America's first political cartoon. Two decades later it became a battle cry. Thirteen pieces. Thirteen colonies. One warning: join together, or die apart.
Jersey #4 - The Gadsden Flag
Don't Tread on Me.
Christopher Gadsden took Franklin's snake, coiled it, and placed it on a field of yellow. Ready to strike. Always watching. Never retreating. He handed it to the first commander of the Continental Navy, and the rattlesnake became the face of American defiance. It still is.
Jersey #5 - Live Free or Die
Death is not the worst of evils.
The Minutemen were not soldiers, they were armed citizens who answered the bell. General John Stark led New Hampshire militia to a crushing victory at the Battle of Bennington in 1777, helping turn the tide of the entire war. Years later he sent four words to his veterans: Live Free or Die. New Hampshire never let go of them.
Jersey #6 - The Betsy Ross Flag
A new constellation.
After the battles, after the blood, after every flag on this list had flown, they needed one flag to fly above them all. Thirteen stars in a perfect circle. No colony above another. Every one necessary. Betsy Ross stitched the proof that they had done it. A nation, born from nothing but courage and refusal.
From Concord to Charlotte. From Franklin's pen to Gadsden's snake. From Stark's musket to Betsy's needle. This is the America 250 Tournament collection, and every jersey tells a piece of the story that made your freedom possible.
We are proud to announce that a portion of proceeds from these jerseys will be donated to the Wounded Warrior Project, an organization dedicated to honoring and empowering the men and women who served this country and came home carrying wounds that don't always show.
The patriots we honored across these six jerseys earned America's freedom. The veterans the Wounded Warrior Project serves kept it, and defended it, often at a cost that follows them home long after the mission ends. PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and the invisible weight of combat take a toll that most of us will never fully understand. WWP is on the front lines of that fight every single day.
The Bedford Minutemen, the Hornets of Mecklenburg, the men at Bennington, they gave everything they had for this country. The least we can do is show up for the ones who did the same in our time.
If these jerseys meant something to you, this is why. Wear it like you mean it.
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To learn more about the Wounded Warrior Project or to donate directly, visit www.woundedwarriorproject.org
