Patriotic “Never Forget” T-Shirts with Eagles on Them: A Historical Retrospective

When tragedy strikes, vendors of every age pull out their screens, dust off a few patriotic slogans and start printing t-shirts.

The British monarchy soon had reason to regret its promotion of the t-shirt trade. When British soldiers opened fire on American civilians in Boston, Paul Revere and his associate Tom Paine created a new and incredibly popular line of Common Sense t-shirts that helped finance the American Revolution.