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Detail of a mural in the museum at Gonzales, Texas featuring the
Come and Take It flag. "
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. 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—the first battle of the Texas Revolution against Mexico—a small group of
Texans successfully resisted the
Mexican forces who had orders from Juan Gomez to seize their
cannon. As a symbol of defiance, the Texans 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 six years earlier from Mexican officials—this was the same message that was sent to the Mexican government when they told the Texans that they had to return their cannon—failure to comply with the Mexican's original demands led to the failed attempt by the Mexican military to forcefully take back the cannon.
