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From: Sally & Carroll [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 11:09 PM
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Subject: [NCLINCOL-L] 4th of July Food for Thought.....
I receive the following yesterday, and felt, with the upcoming holiday
approaching, this message needed to be shared with those who would
understand
it's meaning the most.
Mikki Judge
The 4th of July
REMEMBERING INDEPENDENCE DAY
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. A few week 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 fougnt our own government!
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.
Author Unknown.
Remember: freedom is never free!
It's time we get the word out that patriotism is NOT a sin, and the Fourth
of
July has more to it than beer, picnics, and baseball games.
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