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From: "Peggy" <>
Subject: Re: [CRF] 4th of July History Lesson
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 18:29:43 -0400
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Thats right freedom isn't free. This is quite intersting. My son will be
coming home in a couple of months Peggy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sherri Hall" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 5:11 PM
Subject: [CRF] 4th of July History Lesson


>
> 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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