The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
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The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
THE 4TH OF JULY
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.
Their13 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.
Some of us take these liberties so much for granted, but we
shouldn't. So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they paid.
Remember -- freedom is never free!
I hope you will show your support by sending this to as many people
as you can, please. It's time we get the word out that patriotism is NOT a
sin, and the Fourth of July has more to it than beer, picnics, and baseball
games!
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.
Their13 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.
Some of us take these liberties so much for granted, but we
shouldn't. So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they paid.
Remember -- freedom is never free!
I hope you will show your support by sending this to as many people
as you can, please. It's time we get the word out that patriotism is NOT a
sin, and the Fourth of July has more to it than beer, picnics, and baseball
games!
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You know, if the Snopes analysis is true, it is bad enough, makes you wonder why someone had to make it worse. Well, sure made good reading, lol.
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While I agree with most of what “snopes” has to say it makes me wonder who exactly wrote the last paragraph. It has such a “touchy, feely, let’s be fair to everybody”:
It’s kind of like saying many Americans are suffering today due to the war on terror so everyone or most everyone deserves credit for being so brave. BS, there are very FEW American’s suffering because of the war on terror and it basically comes down to those actively serving in the military and their spouses, children and parents…
So screw snopes and them “thinking” they always get it right because they don’t. They are not the last work but merely take some facts and give their own “spin” to it.
The founding fathers, and those who severed in the military at the time are the ones who risked everything and put a chit load on the line along with their families not “everyone” or “most” everyone…
God bless America, and most importantly those with the guts to put it ALL on the line, the front lines, just as the founding fathers did over 200 years ago...
” But we should also not lose sight of the fact that many men (and women) other than the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence — some famous and most not — risked and sacrificed much (including their lives) to support the revolutionary cause. The hardships and losses endured by many Americans during the struggle for independence were not visited upon the signers alone, nor were they any less ruinous for having befallen people whose names are not immortalized on a piece of parchment.”
So screw snopes and them “thinking” they always get it right because they don’t. They are not the last work but merely take some facts and give their own “spin” to it.
The founding fathers, and those who severed in the military at the time are the ones who risked everything and put a chit load on the line along with their families not “everyone” or “most” everyone…
God bless America, and most importantly those with the guts to put it ALL on the line, the front lines, just as the founding fathers did over 200 years ago...
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Good one Burt,
It seems alot of people are duped by what is represented as fact.
It's like when you watch the news interviews. They will interview someone, say a professor in english, about the war in Iraq. Somehow, alot of people will view them as an expert and will take everything they say as gospel truth.
I don't if it's the power of the media or people are just wanting to be led like sheep.
No matter, I would like to thank and celebrate EVERYONE who has made it possible for our freedom and those who help sustain it!!!!
Happy 4th everyone.
It seems alot of people are duped by what is represented as fact.
It's like when you watch the news interviews. They will interview someone, say a professor in english, about the war in Iraq. Somehow, alot of people will view them as an expert and will take everything they say as gospel truth.
I don't if it's the power of the media or people are just wanting to be led like sheep.
No matter, I would like to thank and celebrate EVERYONE who has made it possible for our freedom and those who help sustain it!!!!
Happy 4th everyone.
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INTERESTING;;;
People question what they read on the internet, so they go to another internet website (Snopes) to see if it is true.
Ever wonder if the stuff on SNOPES is made up? I can come up with some pretty convincing research.
People question what they read on the internet, so they go to another internet website (Snopes) to see if it is true.
Ever wonder if the stuff on SNOPES is made up? I can come up with some pretty convincing research.
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This is a typical chain story to "pass to as many people as you know".
Sometimes the chains are child safety crap to make all the moms flood the e-mail boxes and the author gets a giggle.
This one is aimed at causing a patriotic flood of e-mail.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Just some college kid having fun, playing fast and loose with the facts.
I was inside the Nelson House last Tuesday, the orginal house.
http://www.yorkcounty.gov/tourism/Photo/nelsonhse.htm
Sometimes the chains are child safety crap to make all the moms flood the e-mail boxes and the author gets a giggle.
This one is aimed at causing a patriotic flood of e-mail.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Just some college kid having fun, playing fast and loose with the facts.
...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,...
http://www.yorkcounty.gov/tourism/Photo/nelsonhse.htm
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I always find it interesting to see "patriot" and "revolution" in the same breath.
Always keep in mind that all rewards come with risks. The founding fathers stood to make a *****load of money with an independant nation. The true heroes in the revolutionary war were not the rich merchants that sat back many miles from the front tlines but the farmers and their sons who actually fought the war.
Not unlike today, I would hardly call Rumsfeld and Cheney war heroes as compared to the young men getting their limbs blown off in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Always keep in mind that all rewards come with risks. The founding fathers stood to make a *****load of money with an independant nation. The true heroes in the revolutionary war were not the rich merchants that sat back many miles from the front tlines but the farmers and their sons who actually fought the war.
Not unlike today, I would hardly call Rumsfeld and Cheney war heroes as compared to the young men getting their limbs blown off in Iraq and Afghanistan.