Come and Take It flag

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The Come and Take It flag is a historic Texian banner featuring a cannon and defiant slogan, famously associated with the opening clash of the Texas Revolution.

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Label Occurrences
"Come and Take It" cannon flag 1
Come and Take It flag canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf flag
historical flag
associatedWith Anglo-American settlers in Texas NERFINISHED
associatedWithEvent Battle of Gonzales NERFINISHED
category Flags of Texas NERFINISHED
Flags of revolutions
Military flags
Political flags
color black design elements
white field
commemoratedBy historical markers in Gonzales, Texas
country Republic of Texas NERFINISHED
countryAtTimeOfOrigin Mexico NERFINISHED
createdBy Texian settlers of Gonzales NERFINISHED
createdFor defiance against Mexican authorities
culturalSignificance iconic symbol of Texas identity
dateOfFirstUse 1835
depicts cannon
five-pointed star
featuredIn Gonzales Come and Take It Festival NERFINISHED
hasModernVariant Come and Take It AR-15 flag NERFINISHED
Come and Take It Gonzales replica flag
hasReproduction museum displays in Texas
historicalEra 19th century
influenced modern Texas independence symbolism
modern gun rights symbolism in the United States
inspiredBy ancient Spartan phrase "Molon Labe"
languageOfSlogan English
locationOfFirstUse Gonzales, Texas NERFINISHED
material cotton
mottoPosition below the cannon image
mottoType defiant slogan
region Texas NERFINISHED
relatedTo Gonzales cannon NERFINISHED
Texian resistance to Mexican centralist policies
shape rectangular
slogan Come and Take It
starPosition above the cannon image
symbolizes Texian independence
local autonomy
resistance to disarmament
right to bear arms
usedAs military-style morale flag
political symbol
protest symbol
usedBy Texian militia NERFINISHED
Texian settlers
usedInConflict Texas Revolution NERFINISHED

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Battle of Gonzales symbol Come and Take It flag
Gonzales, Texas symbol Come and Take It flag
this entity surface form: "Come and Take It" cannon flag