I know most of you have seen or read this one before, but it never hurts to remind us of how precious our Freedom is and what others have done before us to preserve it and what we might be called on to do some day to preserve for
those who will live after us!!


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.

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!

 

Thank You, send me a copy of that every year when I start thinking my 20 years in the Service w/o overtime pay was a big price to pay for for our freedom.

Humbled Ranger.

 

i am thankful ea day let freedom ring i did my part best could in mil. so did my dad uncles an so on God love this land

 

Does anyone check this site other than Carlene and yours truly?

It appears that we have been suckered.

http://www.snopes.com/glurge/declare.htm

 

Good catch! I've debunked several hoax e-mails that have been sent to me, but I sure missed this one, and even passed it on. Sorry that I mis-informed you all. I guess it just sounded too good not to believe.

Thanks for pointing this out.

 

You didn't mis-inform us. We have all been had once or twice. I must have been lucky because that one just popped up w/o much effort.

I don't understand the reason people lie when they could just write fiction and take credit for their work.

Same as virus writers, if you can't see someones pain and the tears you've caused, how do you get your jollies?

I guess it's just a bonehead world. As for the virus writers of the world, PC/Cillian has caught all your nonsense for the past five years. Maybe you should get anopther hobby.