The Texas Bucket List-Come and Take It Cannon in Gonzales

The Texas Bucket List
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Published 2018-09-20
We head out to Gonzales to meet with Gary, the Guardian of the Come and Take it Canon—a cannon that helped create a country!
All Comments (17)
  • @samwilson2797
    Great video, Visited there a while back and toured the town. The come and take it bar and grill was fun. Used to camp at palmetto when I was a kid.
  • @stevevail9309
    That Guadalupe river has some great fishing! Makes me proud to be a natural born Texan!
  • @johnmoore14PTY
    I feel very honored my ancestral uncle Colo John Henry Moore! 🔥
  • @LilliLamour
    The best sausage comes from this town. I dream of it everyday.
  • @Donathon-qx8kq
    Dang...i miss this show.... bring back Burger of the Week
  • @janetpvt
    Gary, this was so interesting! Thank you my friend!
  • @gemmatuttle3278
    My teacher assigned this , i thought it was like somthing stupid like all the thing she assigned before , lmao I’m fricking stupid
  • @captivesojourner
    Come and take it! Lmao I love it. Still resonates in 2018 with the attack on the 2nd amendment. COME AND TAKE IT
  • @Weezulguy
    Thought it was on the San Marcos, not the Guadalupe?
  • @markbell4512
    Well, if it is on YouTube it must be true! The Come and Take It cannon was bronze. That cannon is iron. Its still a great story. God Bless Texas.
  • @SKY-jv9ue
    Now, here's the facts of that altercation on October 2. 1835. Lt. Francisco Castaneda was sent to Gonzales with about 100 cavalry to retrieve the cannon that had been loaned to people of Gonzales. They refused to hand it over, and about 200 of them came out of a woodland, and shot at the Mexican cavalry. When Lt. Perez charged them with 40 dragoons, they fled backed into the woodland to hide and find safety. After some talks between them and the Mexicans, they fired once again at the Mexicans from the woodland. The point? Fable says that the rebels told the Mexicans to Come and Take it, the cannon. Well, the Mexicans did, but the insurgents fled into the woodland. A new flag s/be made like the one now, but at the bottom, it s/read: "We came, but you fled!"