[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 117 (Wednesday, September 27, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1607]
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                    GONZALES--``LEXINGTON OF TEXAS''

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                             HON. RON PAUL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 27, 2000

  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, in the town of Gonzales, Texas, on October 2, 
1835, the first shot for Texas Independence was fired from a cannon by 
colonists waving a flag which proclaimed ``Come and Take It.'' Gonzales 
became known as the ``Lexington of Texas. ''
  The Little Cannon has been recognized by many as a true and proper 
memento of our glorious past and has appeared in no less historic sites 
as the Alamo and the rotunda of the Texas Capitol, and is forever 
enshrined in The Great Seal of Texas.
  Exactly 165 years after the shot was fired, on the afternoon of 
October 2, 2000, the City of Gonzales will accept the ``Come and Take 
It Cannon'' from the estate of Dr. Patrick J. Wagner.
  The Little Cannon will be an ever-present reminder to the citizens of 
Gonzales of the courage of those who stood at the ``Lexington of 
Texas'' and first cried, ``Come and Take It!''

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