Ajoy Hazarika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:57:42 -0400
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Diane Clark
06/30/2005 10:49 AM
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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 Bri! tish as traitors,
>>> >
>>> > and tortured before they died.
>>> >
>>> > Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.
>>> >
>>> > Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army;
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>>> > another had two sons captured.
>>> >
>>> > Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or
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>>> > 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;
>>&! gt; >
>>> > 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
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>>> > 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
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>>> > were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests
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>>> > 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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