Bay Area Houston

It’s now a bell. Seriously.

So…back in the early days of the Texas Revolution settlers were invited to Mexico (what is now Texas). They asked that they learn the language, become Catholics, and populate the land. And they did, sort of.

Mexico gave the settlers in Gonzales Texas a cannon to help them defend themselves against the Native Americans. When Mexico figured out that the settlers were considering stealing the land that Mexico stole from the Native Americans they sent a squad of 5 soldiers to retrieve the cannon. The forces at Gonzales refused to surrender the cannon and put the soldiers in prison.

Mexico then sent a couple of hundred soldiers. A small skirmish ensued but they eventually retreated without the cannon. Gonzales eventually took the cannon to The Alamo (big mistake) where the Texans were massacred and their bodies burned. The cannon was buried at the Alamo and dug up in 1852. A second, smaller, cannon was used at the battle of Gonzales. That one is in a museum in Gonzales. What happened to the “Come and Take It” cannon?

According to the Texas State Historical Association:
It was unearthed by Samuel Maverick in 1852, and sent to New York by his widow Mary Maverick in 1874, where it was recast into a bell that hangs in the belfry of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in San Antonio.

So. There. It’s a bell. A fuckin bell. They came. They took it.

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