This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_240feeba_54804caf$4146c801 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed >From: Carl Barnes <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: Beth & Weldon McDaniel <[email protected]>, Donna and Louis >Verceloty <[email protected]>, Gene Aiello <[email protected]>, >Jennifer Pruitt <[email protected]>, julie freeman ><[email protected]>, Marianne Roemer <[email protected]>, > Mickey Simerly <[email protected]>, Rebecca Iles ><[email protected]>, Terry Arcand <[email protected]>, Tony & Amy >Tidwell <[email protected]> >Subject: [Fwd: Fw: What happened to them?] >Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 21:17:46 -0500 > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------=_NextPart_000_240feeba_54804caf$4146c801 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from nivenh.netmdc.com ([email protected] [206.29.138.6]) by mail1.crcom.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id UAA24786 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 27 Jun 2000 20:52:17 -0500 (CDT) Received: (qmail 11351 invoked from network); 28 Jun 2000 01:45:13 -0000 Received: from 125-pm3-2.ala.netmdc.com (HELO oemcomputer) (206.29.139.125) by netmdc.com with SMTP; 28 Jun 2000 01:45:13 -0000 Message-ID: <[email protected]> From: "Melvin Horton" <[email protected]> To: "RUTH ANN CARNER" <[email protected]>, "Joe & Vicky Hall" <[email protected]>, "mona & ron" <[email protected]>, "KATHY LITTLE" <[email protected]>, "JO BLANKENSHIP[" <[email protected]>, "DONNA SUE BELL" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, "DEBBIE BURRELL" <[email protected]>, "BILLIE/CARL BARNES" <[email protected]>, "BETH MCDANIEL" <[email protected]>, "BARKIE" <[email protected]> Subject: Fw: What happened to them? Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 19:57:50 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" HEAR ME >>www.pagoo.com/signature/mlhvah ----- Original Message ----- From: "BOB BRAZIEL" <[email protected]> To: "WAYNE FOX" <[email protected]>; "VERN" <[email protected]>; "TERRY STOGNER" <[email protected]>; "TERRY HACKWORTH" <[email protected]>; "Ted Harwood" <[email protected]>; "Ron Williams" <[email protected]>; "ROBERT ANGELONI" <[email protected]>; "ROBERT & JOY BRAZIEL" <[email protected]>; "RICKY ALLISON" <[email protected]>; "RA WALLS" <[email protected]>; "PROFESSOR BOOGEN" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; "PAUL APPLEBY" <[email protected]>; "Patrick n5wvc" <[email protected]>; "OB BRAZIEL" <[email protected]>; "Nathan E. Good" <[email protected]>; "n5mi" <[email protected]>; "MINUS& DONNA WRIGHT" <[email protected]>; "Mike Glenn" <[email protected]>; "MELVIN HORTON" <[email protected]>; "Marty Sharpe" <[email protected]>; "LYNN DRURY" <[email protected]>; "LONNIE/MARYANN SHULTZ" <[email protected]>; "kimmer" <[email protected]>; "Kelly Milligan" <[email protected]>; "JW" <[email protected]>; "JUDY JAMES" <[email protected]>; "JOSEPHINE BLANKENSHIP" <[email protected]>; "JOHN WALTON" <[email protected]>; "JOHN TEAUGE" <[email protected]>; "JOE BEESINGER" <[email protected]>; "JIMI" <[email protected]>; "JIM DELONG" <[email protected]>; "JIM" <[email protected]>; "JERRY EHLERS" <[email protected]>; "JAY DYER" <[email protected]>; "herschel hopper" <[email protected]>; "Harold Landsperg" <[email protected]>; "GROENDYKE" <[email protected]>; "GLEN" <[email protected]>; "GEORGE TOONE" <[email protected]>; "GEORGE SHARP" <[email protected]>; "DON LEAVELL" <[email protected]>; "DON / K0PV" <[email protected]>; "DELWIN JONES" <[email protected]>; "DAVID CACY" <[email protected]>; "DALTON JENNINGS" <[email protected]>; "CHUCK STANHOPE" <[email protected]>; "Charles Dycus" <[email protected]>; "CAL GILBERT" <[email protected]>; "BRUCE ROBINS" <[email protected]>; "BRIAN HENRY" <[email protected]>; "BOBBIE MITCHEL" <[email protected]>; "BOB WOODS" <[email protected]>; "BOB PERKINS" <[email protected]>; "BERRY FALKENBERRY" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 5:40 PM Subject: Fw: What happened to them? > > howdy from artesia,nm > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jeff <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 3:56 PM > Subject: What happened to them? > > > > With the Fourth of July rapidly approaching it's good to reflect > > on its real meaning and the sacrifices others have made for our > > benefit. So, I thought I'd pass this along. > > > > Read on........... > > > > 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 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. Remember: Freedom is never free! > > > > I hope you will show your support by please sending this to as > > many people as you can. 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. > > > > > > > > > > > ------=_NextPart_000_240feeba_54804caf$4146c801--