According to Noel Redding, as The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s fame exploded in 1967, a British pub denied he and Hendrix entry because, with their bright & elaborate clothing & scarves, the bartender thought Hendrix & co were clowns in a traveling circus.

This slipmat is a nod to the Bennington Flag, the Revolutionary design best known for the 1777 Battle of Bennington, which was a turning point in the American fight for independence.