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Come and take it, the Glossary

"Come and take it" an expression of defiance first used in 1778 at Fort Morris in Georgia during the American Revolution, and also in 1835 at the Battle of Gonzales during the Texas Revolution.^[1]

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American Revolution

The American Revolution was a rebellion and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated an ultimately successful war for independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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Battle of Gonzales

The Battle of Gonzales was the first military engagement of the Texas Revolution.

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Battle of Quebec (1690)

The Battle of Québec was fought in October 1690 between the colonies of New France and Massachusetts Bay, then ruled by the kingdoms of France and England, respectively.

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Battle of Thermopylae

The Battle of Thermopylae (Greek) took place during the second Persian invasion of Greece.

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Battle of Waterloo

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium), marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Bullock Texas State History Museum

The Bullock Texas State History Museum (often referred to as the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum or Bullock Museum) is a history museum in Austin, Texas.

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Cannon

A cannon is a large-caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865.

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Continental Congress

The Continental Congress was a series of legislative bodies, with some executive function, for the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain in North America, and the newly declared United States before, during, and after the American Revolutionary War.

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Dallas Stars

The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas.

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Deterrence Dispensed

Deterrence Dispensed (DetDisp) is a decentralized, online collective that promotes and distributes designs for open-source 3D printed firearms, gun parts, and handloaded cartridges.

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Domingo Ugartechea

Domingo de Ugartechea (c. 1794 – 24 May 1839) was a 19th-century Mexican Army officer for the Republic of Mexico.

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Duke University

Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States.

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Flag

A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular) with distinctive colours and design.

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Fort Morris

Fort Morris is an earthen works fort in Liberty County, Georgia, in the United States.

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Fort Morris Historic Site

Fort Morris Historic Site is a Georgia state historic park in Liberty County, Georgia, in the United States.

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George H. W. Bush

George Herbert Walker BushAfter the 1990s, he became more commonly known as George H. W. Bush, "Bush Senior," "Bush 41," and even "Bush the Elder" to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd U.S. president from 2001 to 2009; previously, he was usually referred to simply as George Bush.

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Ghost town

A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads.

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Gonzales, Texas

Gonzales is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, with a population of 7,165 at the 2020 census.

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Green DeWitt

Green DeWitt (February 12, 1787 – May 18, 1835) was an empresario in Mexican Texas.

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Hinesville, Georgia

Hinesville is a city and county seat of Liberty County, Georgia, United States, located on the Atlantic coastal plain.

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Hockaday School

The Hockaday School is an independent, secular, college preparatory day school for girls Pre-K through 12 located in Dallas, Texas, United States.

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Ilya Repin

Ilya Yefimovich Repin (– 29 September 1930) was a Ukrainian-born Russian painter.

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Imperial Guard (Napoleon I)

The Imperial Guard (Garde Impériale) was originally a group of elite soldiers of the French Army under the direct command of Napoleon I, but grew considerably over time.

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John Bell Hood

John Bell Hood (June 1 or June 29, 1831 – August 30, 1879) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War.

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Leonidas I

Leonidas I (Λεωνίδας) (born c. 540 BC; died 11 August 480 BC) was a king of the Greek city-state of Sparta, and the 17th of the Agiad line, a dynasty which claimed descent from the mythical demigod Heracles.

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List of Stanley Cup champions

The Stanley Cup is a trophy awarded annually to the playoff champion club of the National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey league.

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Louis de Buade de Frontenac

Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau (22 May 162228 November 1698) was a French soldier, courtier, and Governor General of New France in North America from 1672 to 1682, and again from 1689 to his death in 1698.

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M16 rifle

The M16 rifle (officially designated Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16) is a family of assault rifles adapted from the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle for the United States military.

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Marine Military Academy

The Marine Military Academy (MMA) is a private college preparatory academy located in Harlingen, Texas, US, offering a curriculum for boys in grades 7–12 plus one year of post-graduate study.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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Military intelligence

Military intelligence is a military discipline that uses information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to assist commanders in their decisions.

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Molon labe

Molon labe (molṑn labé), meaning 'come and take ', is a classical expression of defiance. Come and take it and Molon labe are American political catchphrases, Battle cries, Quotations from military and slogans.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Path (computing)

A path (or filepath, file path, pathname, or similar) is a string of characters used to uniquely identify a location in a directory structure.

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Pierre Cambronne

Pierre Jacques Étienne Cambronne, later Pierre, 1st Viscount Cambronne (26 December 1770 – 29 January 1842), was a general of the First French Empire.

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Ramón Músquiz

Don Ramón Músquiz (1797–1867) was the political chief of Texas from 1828 to 1834 and in 1835.

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Replica

A replica is an exact (usually 1:1 in scale) copy or remake of an object, made out of the same raw materials, whether a molecule, a work of art, or a commercial product.

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Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks

Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks is a painting by Ilya Repin.

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Resaca, Georgia

Resaca is a town in Gordon County, Georgia, United States, with unincorporated areas extending into Whitfield County.

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Russian cruiser Moskva

Moskva, formerly Slava, was a guided missile cruiser of the Russian Navy.

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Russian warship, go fuck yourself

"Russian warship, go fuck yourself", was the final communication made on 24 February, the first day of the 2022 Snake Island campaign, by Ukrainian border guard Roman Hrybov to the Russian missile cruiser ''Moskva''. Come and take it and Russian warship, go fuck yourself are Battle cries and Quotations from military.

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Sam Houston State University

Sam Houston State University (Sam Houston, SHSU or Sam) is a public research university in Huntsville, Texas.

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Siege of Bastogne

The Siege of Bastogne was an engagement in December 1944 between American and German forces at the Belgian town of Bastogne, as part of the larger Battle of the Bulge.

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Stanley Cup

The Stanley Cup (La Coupe Stanley) is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion.

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Sunbury, Georgia

Sunbury is a ghost town in Liberty County, Georgia.

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Texas Revolution

The Texas Revolution (October 2, 1835 – April 21, 1836) was a rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos (Hispanic Texans) against the centralist government of Mexico in the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas.

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Texas State Capitol

The Texas State Capitol is the capitol and seat of government of the U.S. state of Texas.

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They shall not pass

"They shall not pass" (Ils ne passeront pas; Pe aici nu se trece; No pasarán) is a slogan, notably used by France in World War I, to express a determination to defend a position against an enemy. Come and take it and They shall not pass are Battle cries and slogans.

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U.S. Route 84 in Georgia

U.S. Route 84 (US 84) is a U.S. Highway in the U.S. state of Georgia, is also signed as State Route 38 for its entire length in Georgia.

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Union (American Civil War)

The Union, colloquially known as the North, refers to the states that remained loyal to the United States after eleven Southern slave states seceded to form the Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederacy or South, during the American Civil War.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_and_take_it

, U.S. Route 84 in Georgia, Union (American Civil War), University of Texas at El Paso, War of 1812, Xerxes I, 2000 Stanley Cup Finals.

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1830s neologisms

Battle cries

Flags of the United States

Quotations from military

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