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- Come and Take It
- Frisco, Texas
- In September, 1835, because of the rising tensions between the Mexican government and the Texans, the Mexican garrison at San Antonio sent a few men to Gonzales to recover a cannon that had been loaned to the town to fight off Indian attacks. The citizens of Gonzales refused. The Mexicans sent dragoons under Captain Franscisco Castaneda to demand the cannon be returned. As word of the impending conflict spread, a group of 200 armed Texans was formed. Two women in Gonzales, Cynthia Burns and Evalin Dewitt, painted a flag from a piece of a wedding dress, depicting the cannon, the Texas Lone Star and a message of defiance to the Mexican troops. The Texans, armed with the cannon loaded with chains and old scrap iron, crossed the river, formed their battle line and surprised the Mexican troops at dawn on October 2. The Mexicans once more asked for the cannon, and the Texans pointed to the cannon 200 yards in the rear and replied "Come and Take It!" When the Texans opened fire, the Mexican troops withdrew. This brief skirmish is considered to be the first shots fired in the Texas Revolution.
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