An Appeal to Heaven T-Shirt

Description

Made in the USA, our t-shirt features a pine tree with the motto “An Appeal to Heaven.” This design was inspired by the flag used by a squadron commissioned under George Washington’s authority as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in October 1775. God bless America!

This unisex t-shirt offers the best of American-made quality and style.

Get yours today and show your patriotism in style!

• Made in the USA
• Solid colors are 100% Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester)
• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz./yd.² (142 g/m²)
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping

History of An Appeal to Heaven

The phrase “appeal to heaven” appears in John Locke’s Second Treatise on Government, where it is used to describe the right of revolution (see details below). The work was published in 1690 and rejected the theory of the divine right of kings. In chapter 14:

“And where the body of the people, or any single man, is deprived of their right, or is under the exercise of a power without right, and have no appeal on earth, then they have a liberty to appeal to heaven, whenever they judge the cause of sufficient moment. And therefore, though the people cannot be judge, so as to have, by the constitution of that society, any superior power, to determine and give effective sentence in the case; yet they have, by a law antecedent and paramount to all positive laws of men, reserved that ultimate determination to themselves which belongs to all mankind, where there lies no appeal on earth, viz. to judge, whether they have just cause to make their appeal to heaven.”