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==Non-military uses== Like other [[Gadsden flag|snake flags]], the First Navy Jack has been used by non-Navy people in protest or commemoration. For example, opponents to a [[smoking ban]] in [[Franklin, Indiana]], flew Navy Jacks outside their homes and businesses.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theindychannel.com/news/9070060/detail.html |title=Red, White, Rattlesnake β Opponents Fight Smoking Ban β Indiana News Story β WRTV Indianapolis |publisher=Theindychannel.com |date=2006-04-28 |access-date=2011-05-30 |archive-date=2012-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223141236/http://www.theindychannel.com/news/9070060/detail.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> A First Navy Jack flag was also placed at a makeshift memorial on [[Boylston Street]] after the [[Boston Marathon bombing]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sarahfit.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Boylston-Street-Marathon-Memorial.jpg |format=JPG |title=Boylston Street Marathon Memorial |publisher=Sarahfit.com |access-date=2015-08-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://s3.amazonaws.com/media.wbur.org/wordpress/11/files/2013/04/0417_boylston-memorial.jpg |format=JPG |title=Boylston Memorial |publisher=S3.amazonnaws.com |access-date=2015-08-11}}</ref>
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