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--- Begin Message ---fyi... ---------------------- Forwarded by Aditi Khaund/CMG/USR/FTU on 06/30/2005 10:55 AM --------------------------- Diane Clark 06/30/2005 10:49 AM To: CMG-DCS-ACCOUNTING cc: Subject: Fourth of July - Some history What Freedom Cost Our Declaration Signers 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. >>> > >>> > 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! >>> >
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