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July 3rd, 2006
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| Nuclear Duck Hunter  | Post; Texas Revolution"Come and Take It" The Gonzales "come and take it" cannon 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 Anglo-Celtic colonists. The disagreement produced the battle of Gonzales,qv considered to be the first battle of the Texas Revolution.qv On January 1, 1831. Soon after the conflict began, at the request of the Anglo-Celtic leaders, the ladies of the settlement hastily made a flag to fly over the cannon. The flag featured a white ground with a black cannon in the center, and the motto "Come and take it!"
__________________ “War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.” —John Stuart Mill |
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July 3rd, 2006
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| Can you hear me now?  | Yeah, it is true.
__________________ Why should I have to "Press 1 for English?" --Every American |
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