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As a symbol of defiance, Caroline Zumwalt and Eveline DeWitt, a young woman from Gonzales, made a flag with the phrase "come and take it" (Spanish: Ven y tómalo) either printed above or below the cannon, or only below the cannon that they had been loaned four years earlier by Mexican officials.
The Come and Take It flag is a symbol from the Battle of Gonzales that’s prevailed through 183 years of Texas history. The flag stood for defiance against Mexican dictatorship, and today the flag’s meaning remains rooted in Texas pride.
The famous flag from that Gonzales clash has become a hallmark of Texas pride, with its "Come And Take It" message one of Texas' most-defining. It is the first flag used in the Texas...
The Gonzales Flag is a stark black-and-white banner, a simple design that acted as a stark gauntlet thrown at the feet of Mexican federal power. It was nothing more than a star, the cannon in question and the old Spartan slogan updated for modern times: “Come and Take It.”
The Gonzales cannon of “Come and Take It” fame was a Spanish-made, bronze artillery piece of six-pound caliber. The gun was the object of contention in late September and early October 1835 between a Mexican military detachment from Bexar and American colonists who settled in Texas.
The Come and Take It flag is the best known of the Texas Revolution flags. It was designed and painted by the women of Gonzales in October 1835 to celebrates the famous cannon that sparked the Battle of Gonzales.
A replica of the “Come and Take It” flag that residents of Gonzales, Texas flew over their town, daring Mexican soldiers to attack, resulting in the Battle of Gonzales and the Texas Revolution.
The “Come and Take It” Flag Now Symbolizes Something It Never Stood For. On T-shirts and bumper stickers, the flag that flew during the Texas Revolution has had its cannon replaced by an AR-15....
Under a makeshift battle flag bearing the immortal defiant words “Come and Take It,” Texans fired the first shots of the Texas Revolution.
The famous “Come and Take It” flag has been a symbol of Texas pride since the Battle of Gonzales nearly 200 years ago, but where did this flag originate from? The origins can be traced back to Ancient Greece and the story of Spartan King Leonidas I at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC.