Come And Take It

by Jon Burch Photography

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Come And Take It

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Jon Burch Photography

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Photograph - Digital Capture/faa Watermark Will Not Be On Your Finished Photograph.

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"Come and take it" is a historic American slogan, used in 1778 at Fort Morris in the Province of Georgia during the American Revolutionary War, and in 1835 at the Battle of Gonzales during the Texas Revolution.

In early January 1831, the top political official of Bexar, Republic of Texas and requested armament for defense of the colony of Gonzales. This request was granted by the delivery of a small, used cannon. The small bronze cannon was received by the colony and signed for on March 10, 1831, by James Tumlinson, Jr. The cannon was mounted to a blockhouse in Gonzales and later was the object of Texas pride. At the minor skirmish known as the Battle of Gonzales - the first battle of the Texas Revolution against Mexico - a small group of Texians successfully resisted the Mexican forces who had orders from Colonel Domingo de Ugartechea to seize their cannon. As a symbol of defiance, the Texians had fashioned a flag containing the phrase "come and take it" along with a black star and an image of the cannon which they had received four years earlier from Mexican officials. This was the same message that was sent to the Mexican government when they told the Texians to return the cannon; lack of compliance with the initial demands led to the failed attempt by the Mexican military to forcefully take back the cannon.

Who knows, the slogan may come in handy again...

Image copyright 2016 Jon Burch Photography all rights reserved.

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July 25th, 2016

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