|
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 his 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... and all were
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.
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 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 about what
happened in
the Revolutionary War.
We didn't fight just the British. We were British
subjects at that time...
...and we fought our own government..!
Some of us take these liberties for granted... but
we shouldn't..!
Take a few minutes while enjoying
your 4th of July holiday to
silently thank these patriots...
...and please... send this page to all of your
friends..!
Bare Hugz...
Diablo Sun Devils Naturist Club
phone: 925-684-4400
 |
|
|
'Summer Sale'
Buy Three
Get
One Free
|
Pretties
Gone Wild
That's right...
simply order three
Titty or Kitty Pretties...
...and
on your order mention
buy 3 get 1 free and we will send
your
FREE PAIR of... Titty Pretties..!
|
|
|
|
August
31, 2008 Expiration Date
|
|
|
