Happy Independence Day America!!!

[Pops1967GTX]

 

[Cranky]

Now if only we could run off the scum that's bringing down our nation!

 

[moparedtn]

Yep, I would have signed bigger than John Hancock!

Dude had NADS!

 

[Richard Cranium]

The Sacrifices Made By The Declaration Signers…​

What happened to the signers of the Declaration of Independence?
This is the Price They Paid

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 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 or both, looted the properties of Ellery, Clymer, Hall, 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. The owner 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 weeks 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.”

 

[moparedtn]

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Dang you, that tore me up. Thank you.

 

[moparedtn]

Now if only we could run off the scum that's bringing down our nation!

Amen. Your lips to Gods' ears....

 

[chargervert]

RC knows how to bring down the house! LOL,it is factual though! Read us some more RC!

 

[440 PHIXX]

 

[chargervert]

Well holy sheetz that's a great deal! That must feel like the good old days of 2018!

 

[1967coronet]

Happy Birthday America !!

 

[roadrunnerh]

Happy Fourth of July!

 

[Richard Cranium]

Well holy sheetz that's a great deal! That must feel like the good old days of 2018!

Sadly, most yougins don't know what 1776 means.

 

[Richard Cranium]

 

[cr8crshr]

And more...cr8crshr/Bill

 

[davek]

 

[69a100]

And more...cr8crshr/Bill

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For duty and humanity!

 

[Cheapsunglasses]

Sadly, most yougins don't know what 1776 means.

Glad I’m not one of those!

 

[Bee1971]

That’s Awesome

And 93 to boot

Literally have one gas station around the Green Bay Area with 93

God Bless America

 

[QuickBpBp]

 

[QuickBpBp]

I was able to fill my work truck for what it cost about 2.5 years ago… it was nice but sadly then I went to the grocery store and it was a wash on the $58 I saved in gas today…I went out to fill my wife’s truck at 4:45 and they were sold out… Ah I miss the good ole days..