>X-eGroups-Return: >[email protected].com >To: <[email protected]> >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 >From: "Marian Personett" <[email protected]> >Mailing-List: list [email protected]; contact [email protected] >Delivered-To: mailing list [email protected] >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> >Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 15:41:58 -0700 >Reply-To: [email protected] >Subject: [personett] Fw: A bit of history and a debt of gratitude! > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Robert L.& Donna M. Chapman <[email protected]> >To: Lynn Pat Windus <[email protected]>; Charles Llywella Stuchlik ><[email protected]>; Thomas Margaret Shields <[email protected]>; Bonnie >Gordon McGill <[email protected]>; Marian Wa Personett ><[email protected]>; Vic Barb Giebelstine <[email protected]>; Ken Verleen >Eggman <[email protected]>; David Bloom <[email protected]>; Rae >Tennery <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 11:52 AM >Subject: Fw: A bit of history and a debt of gratitude! > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Doyle Brown" <[email protected]> > > To: "Vergenski Fran" <[email protected]>; "Phil Scoggin" > > <[email protected]>; "Mike Seaton" <[email protected]>; > > "dlboivin" <[email protected]>; "Dick" > > <[email protected]>; "Ken" <[email protected]>; "Don" > > <[email protected]>; "Susie" <[email protected]>; "Valda" > > <[email protected]>; "Bob Boal" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 4:08 AM > > Subject: Fw: A bit of history and a debt of gratitude! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What we have is the direct result of what they did!!!!! > > > > > > > > > > > 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 fougnt 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you and God bless. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Very Respectfully, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Charles W. 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