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MOLON LABE

(mo-lone lah-veh)

Two little words. With these two words, a concept was verbalized that has lived for nearly two and a half Millennia. These words signify and characterize both the heart of the Warrior, and the indomitable spirit of mankind. From the ancient Greek, they are the reply of the Spartan General-King Leonidas to Xerxes I of Persia, the Persian Emperor who came with 600,000 of the fiercest fighting troops in the world to conquer and invade little Greece, then the center and birthplace of civilization as we know it. When Xerxes offered to spare the lives of Leonidas, his 300 personal bodyguards and a handful of Thebans and others who volunteered to defend their country, if they would lay down their arms, Leonidas shouted these two words back:

Molon Labe!

They mean, "Come and get them!"

These words live on today as the most notable quote in military history. Thus began the classic example of courage and valor in its dismissal of overwhelming superiority of numbers, as the heart and spirit of brave men overcame insuperable odds. Today, there lies a plaque dedicated to these heroes at the site. It reads: "Go tell the Spartans, travelers passing by, that here, obedient to their laws we lie."

We have adopted this defiant utterance as a battle cry in our war against oppression, because of what it says so clearly and simply towards those who would take our arms.

It signifies our determination: not to strike the first blow, but also to not stand mute and allow our loved ones, and all that we believe in and stand for, to be trampled by men who would deprive us of our God-given rights to suit their own ends.

Not too long ago, in an area south-east of San Antonio, Texas, an similar stand was made.

During the Texas Rebellion against then tyrannical Mexico, the citizens of this small town stood against the gun-control armies of their day.

The Mexican government had previously given Goliad two small cannon to help them withstand Indian assaults.  Now, the government wanted them back because they "might" be used against the government in the rebellion.  The "Twin Sisters", the two cannon, were hidden and the town rallied and formed a militia to defy the Mexicans.

A symbol of their defiance was a battle flag.  The flag they flew depicted a cannon and the caption "Come and get it." - Gene