The Gonzales Flag: The Untold History of the Battle of Gonzales
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.”
It’s not clear that the Texian freedom fighters knew they were echoing the words spoken at the dawn of Western freedom. On October 2, when Lieutenant Castañeda requested that the cannon be returned under the terms of the original agreement, the Texians simply pointed to the weapon sitting 200 yards behind them saying, “There it is. Come and take it.” Once armed conflict began between the settlers and the Mexican federals, Texian community leaders commissioned a flag from local ladies to fly over the cannon. “Come and Take It” was both a cry of freedom and a taunt to tyrants.
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So epic. I learned a lot about this from a tiny Texan book from the library but also Ken Wise's podcast called Wise About Texas. Such a novel tale. A lot of people love the image with the Cannon and "Come and Take It" but if only they knew the true story behind it. Thanks for sharing.
We haven't listened to that podcast yet, we'll need to check it out. Thanks for the suggestion and thanks for your kind words!
No problem! Great to see a fellow Texan on this platform.