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What happened to the

dongizmodongizmo Member Posts: 14,477 ✭✭
edited May 2007 in General Discussion
HAPPY EASTER post/thread?[;)]
Is "RANGER" still among us??[B)]
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.

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  • dongizmodongizmo Member Posts: 14,477 ✭✭
    edited November -1
  • dongizmodongizmo Member Posts: 14,477 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    What happened to the signers of 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 & 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 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."

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    These 56 men and their generation gave you and me a free and independent America. Our history shows that America must be prepared and willing to defend our freedom even against internal and external forces.




    If you must burn our flag, please wrap yourself in it first.

    "If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun." The Dalai Lama
    The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
  • dongizmodongizmo Member Posts: 14,477 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    $4.50 a gallon for gas. It is down to $2.28 here.
    The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
  • dongizmodongizmo Member Posts: 14,477 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Pilot storys thread? I was reading it last night it's gone today.
    The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
  • dongizmodongizmo Member Posts: 14,477 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Dennis Nielson vs Select Fire Cage Match Thread??? Who screwed it up??
    The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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