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GONZALES, THE "LEXINGTON" OF TEXAS
TEXAS CENTENNIAL
1836-1936
ONZALE
MAR 2
9-AM
1936
TON
HouS
GAUSTIN
STEPHEN
SAM
3°
THE ALAMO
TEXA
HERE WAS FIRE D
THE FIRST GUN
FOR TEXAS INDEPENDENCE
OCT. 2. 1835
ERECTED BY THE
CHILDREN
OF GONZALES
CITY SCHOOLS
APR. 21.1903
COME AND TAKE IT
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GONZALES, THE LEXINGTON” OF TEXAS
In 1831 Mexican authorities at San Antonio
gave colonists at Gonzales, Texas, a cannon for
protection of the settlement against the Indians
Four years later, when relations between Mexico and
Texas were strained, authorities demanded that the
loaned" cannon be returned. Their demand refused,
150 Mexican dragoons came to take it by force.
The first battle of the Texas revolution resulted on
October 2, 1835 and the upper left picture shows
the little monument erected by Gonzales school
children in 1903 on the exact spot of this battle.
The Mexicans were put to flight. The cannon's
whereabouts are unknown, but an accurate repro-
duction is shown below, along with the flag the
colonists displayed at the battle-the first Texas
flag. Upper right is the Texas heroes monument
erected by the State in 1910 on spacious Gonzales
plaza.
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