-Caveat Lector-
>> 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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Your children are taken from you by force, sent to a school of which you
may or may not approve, to study subjects you don't have to like, under
teachers that you didn't hire, and probably can't fire; and the whole
system is paid for by money extorted from you at the point of a gun.
Given that arrangement as the structural foundation of something as
important as education, we should be surprised by the kids that DO
survive public schooling, rather than the relatively few who don't.
- Ayn Rand on public schools
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