Come And Take It Festival 2013 Gonzales Texas October 4, 5, & 6 Alex Jones Visits Gonzales [Q9MrYpMnPug]

00:02 Eyes of Texas are upon you, all the live long day. Eyes of Texas are upon you cannot get away do not think you can escape the night or early in the morn. Eyes of Texas are up on you

00:43 I'm here in Gonzales, Texas the birthplace of Texas independence and like the American Revolution of 1776 it began when the dictator of Mexico Santa Ana marched north into Texas then part of northern Mexico to confiscate the firearms and the cannon here in Gonzales, Texas. And of course

01:21 heard around the world, the second shot heard around the world took place here. This is the Gonzales Municipal Building and all over town the come-and-take it flag is flying under the Texas flag and US flag. The symbol as a cannon with words come and take it underneath it now government almost everywhere organized around monopoly of force for only the government has weapons well that's no government up to people

02:00 That's a government of whatever special interest can seize control of the government. And that's what happened to our constitutional republic. We should heed the example of our ancestors, not just here in the US but all over the world and stand up for basic human liberty whether it is our free speech or privacy or private property or families or children we should tell the establishment go ahead try to come and take it and thats a lesson

02:38 from right here on this beautiful July day in South Central Texas, in Gonzales. It's to the tyrants come and take it! All free societies were based on people standing up and not laying down. Slave societies are based on people rolling over to intimidation and thuggery so hopefully we can turn the tide and start moving back towards a free society I know people seem to be waking up everywhere but that's not enough We've got to take action and take back our society. Alex Jones signing off for Infowars dot com." It started with a small cannon and desire to be free, the war that eventually created the Republic of Texas was set in motion about an hour south of Austin. And in his search for all things uniquely Texas, News 8's Russell Wowell takes us where the fight for Texas independence began. Texas history is about people who persevered

03:38 People who were determined, who fought all odds. In Texas history few places and events hold the significance of what happened in Gonzales We fired the first shots against the Mexican Army in Texas here in Gonzalez we think that was one more significant event ever in this country certainly in the history of Texas With that shot they started A piece of history that changed basically the world, for sure United States and absolutely changed Texas forever. The Mexican Army wanted to take back a cannon they placed in the city. The early Texans had a simple response come and take it At that point refused to give up the Logan and that led to the firing other first shots

04:33 for Texas independence. The first shots included one believed to have been fired from this cannon now immortalized on the flag we're so lucky to have the real gun here, the historic cannon is on display so that visitors young and old can appreciate the results of that act of defiance To help keep Texas history alive the ability to be so close to an artifact that's so terribly important to us. Without Gonzales, there is no telling what Texas would look like or what the United States would look like and perhaps the entire world would look like." Now nearly 175 years later...the city's call remains the same....remember Gonzales. Russell Wild News 8

05:27 October 5th will mark the 175th anniversary of the Battle of Gonzales. The city's raising money to restore and improve the monument and museum. The