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>> Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the
>> Declaration of Independence?
>
>> Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured
before they died.
>> Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving
in the
>> Revolutionary Army, another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought
and died from
>> wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.
>
>> They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their
sacred honor. What
>> kind of men were they?
>
>> Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were
farmers and
>> large plantation owners; men of means, well educated. But they signed
the Declaration
>> of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they
were captured.
>
>> Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships
swept from the
>> seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his
debts, and died in
>> rags.
>>
>> Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move
>> his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and
his family was
>> kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his
reward.
>>
>> Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer,
Walton, Gwinnett,
>> Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.
>>
>> At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British
General Cornwallis
>> had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged
General George
>> Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died
bankrupt.
>>
>> Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed
his wife, and
>> she died within a few months.
>>
>> John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13
children fled for
>> their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more
than a year he lived
>> in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his
children vanished. A
>> few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and
Livingston
>> suffered similar fates.
>>
>> Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These
were not wild
>> eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and
education. They
>> had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and
unwavering, they
>> pledged: "For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the
protection of the
>> divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our
fortunes, and our
>> sacred honor."
>>
>> They gave you and me a free and independent America. The history books
never told
>> you a lot of what happened in the Revolutionary War. We didn't just
fight the British.
>> We were British subjects at that time and we fought our own government!
Some of us
>> take these liberties so much for granted...We shouldn't.
>>
>> So, take a couple of minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and
silently thank
>> these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they
paid..............
>
>> LET'S ALL REMEMBER THAT FREEDOM IS "NEVER FREE"!!!!
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want to see the fairies dance in the moonlight, who can believe that
faith can move mountains, can follow the thread on the pages of this
book. It is a fragile thread; it cannot bear the weight of facts and
dates"
-Kate Seredy, "The White Stag"
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