My best effort. I hope someone can do better!
2500 years ago, a small force of Greeks defended a narrow pass at Thermopylae against the massive armies of the Persian king Xerxes. Outnumbered a hundred to one, the defenders faced certain death. Xerxes knew that the Greeks were trying to delay his advance until an opposing army could be raised. He offered a proposition. He would allow them to leave with their lives if they would only surrender their weapons. The Spartan king Leonidas, commander of the Greeks, sent a defiant reply:
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Come and take them! The Greeks held the pass for three days before the last Spartan succumbed to the arrows of Persian archers. The words lived on and were used again as recently as the war for Texas independence, when the Mexican army demanded American settlers turn over their artillery they responded “Come and take it!â€
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Today, defenders of a basic human right, the right to be armed have taken the ancient and honored challenge as their cry. They hope their opposition has learned the lessons of history.
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This is cut down to the point it will fit a card, but I'd like it to read better and look good. I don't really have these kinds of skills.
David
