RE: a serious thought

["Julie Macfarlane" <juliemac@telenet.net>]

Well put.
Most Americans have forgotten just what they have and the price paid by
those that forged our nation. What we have must be fought for on a daily
basis to keep the people and the constitution safe from outside
interference. We must also stand up against the government that no longer
represents the people, but big business instead.
(Sounds like sedition to me....)

Julie Macfarlane
'81 Scirocco (Mom)
'83 Rabid GTI (Baby)
'85 Jetta (Wolfsburg)


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Subject: a serious thought


> AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
>
> 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 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."
>
> 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 fought 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.
>
>


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