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Subject: 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. 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.

 

 

As we the 4th of July holiday, remember that freedom is not free.

 

" The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but

because of those who look on and do nothing"

- Albert Einstein

 

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I always remind people of that:

 

" The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but

because of those who look on and do nothing"

- Albert Einstein

 

I have people coming into the store all the time who moan, but do nothing. Get off your behinds and make a difference. If you sit and become part of the wallpaper, then you are guilty of LETTING IT OCCUR! AMEN!

Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"
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