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[[Image:Come And Take It Mural.jpg|thumb|200px|Detail of a mural in the museum at Gonzales, Texas featuring the ''Come and Take It'' flag.]] |
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[[Image:Texas Flag Come and Take It.svg|thumb|right|200px|Digital reproduction of the ''Come and Take It'' flag.]] |
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"'''Come and take it'''" was a [[slogan]] used in the [[Texas Revolution]] in 1835. In March 1831, [[Juan Gomez]], a Lieutenant in the Mexican Army, worked alongside Tadeo Ortiz, a consul at [[Bordeaux, France]], and granted a small cannon to the colony of [[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]]. The small bronze cannon was received by the colony and signed for by Randy Tumlinson. It was then transported to [[Gonzales, Texas]] and later was the object of Texas pride. At the minor skirmish known as the [[Battle of Gonzales]], a small group of [[Texas|Texans]] successfully resisted the [[Mexico|Mexican]] forces who had orders to seize their [[cannon]]. As a symbol of defiance, the Texans had fashioned a [[flag]] containing the phrase along with a black star and an image of the cannon which they had received six years earlier from Mexican officials. t |
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==Modern versions== |
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[[File:Gonzales Flag.JPG|thumb|left|The replica at the Texas State Capitol]] |
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In modern times, the "come and take it" flag has been modified and used as a symbol of Freedom. The first-known modified version, from the 1980s, replaces the cannon with an [[FN-FAL]] [[assault rifle]] and was displayed at a Bill of Rights rally in Arizona following the announcement by President [[George H. W. Bush]] that certain types of firearms and firearms parts would be banned. It was shown at a number of later rallies and campaign events through the late 1990s, and now resides in a private collection. |
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In 2002, a version of the flag was created which depicted a Barrett .50 BMG Rifle. Other versions have depicted various firearms, and even other objects dear to the hearts of the flagmakers. During the [[2000 Stanley Cup Finals]] at least one [[Dallas Stars]] fan had created a replica of the flag with the [[Stanley Cup]] replacing the cannon; the Stars were the defending [[List of Stanley Cup champions|champions]] that year. The flag was visible during [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] television coverage of the playoffs. |
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[[Replica]]s of the original flag can be seen in the [[Texas State Capitol]] and in Perkins Library at [[Duke University]]. |
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==See also== |
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*[[Molon labe]] (the version at the [[Battle of Thermopylae]]) |
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==External links== |
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*{{Handbook of Texas|id=GG/qvg1|name=Gonzales "come and take it" cannon}} |
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*[http://www.comeandtakeit.com/txhist.html Detailed History of the Come And Take It flag.] Includes the modernized versions. |
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==Notes== |
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[[Category:American political slogans]] |
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[[Category:Texas Revolution]] |
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[[fr:Come And Take it]] |
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