This is a preview of Dunc's historical reference to the real story of the Jolly Roger and the Templar Knights who gave birth to the romantic Pirates of derring do ...

"It seems that one of the first uses (if not the first) of the skull over crossbones in a naval situation was by Knights Templar ships ... "

"The original intent of the Knights Templar pirates was to attack the falsehoods and dogma of the church run states and self serving monarchies of the world at that time ... " This graphic shows two Templar Knights being subjected to yet another proclamation from the Church ...

"Not having vast resources that could rival national navies, the Grail religion struck back at Roman Catholic exploitation of the Americas with the only weapon it had -- individual captains of pirate ships ..." This graphic shows a Templar Knight laying up his symbols of chivalry and preparing to go forth as a captain of a Templar Pirate ship to strike back against tyranny in the name of freedom and democracy!

To be continued ...