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It's our 241st Independence Day!
Woooooooooo Hooooooooooooooo
It's a beautiful day here, cool, quiet and peaceful.
I've been sitting on the porch drinking coffee and watching the world wake up. Once I get a little more light my neighbors girls are coming over and we're going to read the Deceleration of Independence and give a little thought to how we got to be a country and what it cost.
I hope you guys have a Great day!
Five signers were captured by the British as traitors and were tortured until 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 their wounds or of the 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, 11 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 McKean was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family 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 eight others who signed.
At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr. noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He 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 lay dying and their 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 had vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and with a broken heart.
Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates.
Such were the stories and sacrifices for the American Revolution. These were not wild eyed rabble rousing trouble making men. They were all 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 us a lot of what happened in the Revolutionary War. We did not just fight the British. We were British subjects at that time and we fought our own government. Some of us take these liberties today so much for granted and we should not! So take a couple of minutes now and then and silently thank those patriots. It’s not too much to ask for the price they paid.
God Bless America!
Woooooooooo Hooooooooooooooo
It's a beautiful day here, cool, quiet and peaceful.
I've been sitting on the porch drinking coffee and watching the world wake up. Once I get a little more light my neighbors girls are coming over and we're going to read the Deceleration of Independence and give a little thought to how we got to be a country and what it cost.
I hope you guys have a Great day!
Five signers were captured by the British as traitors and were tortured until 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 their wounds or of the 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, 11 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 McKean was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family 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 eight others who signed.
At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr. noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He 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 lay dying and their 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 had vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and with a broken heart.
Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates.
Such were the stories and sacrifices for the American Revolution. These were not wild eyed rabble rousing trouble making men. They were all 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 us a lot of what happened in the Revolutionary War. We did not just fight the British. We were British subjects at that time and we fought our own government. Some of us take these liberties today so much for granted and we should not! So take a couple of minutes now and then and silently thank those patriots. It’s not too much to ask for the price they paid.
God Bless America!
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