[Fredslist] The Signers of the Declaration of Independence

[Kelly Welles]

Tribe,
 
The importance of this ingenious document first came to me as a student visiting Checkpoint Charlie 9n 1966 long before 
the Berlin Wall fell. I was a political science/French major on a student year abroad program. We were told by dictatorial
military guards: what we  could say, who we could  speak to (no personal conversation with locals except for purchase
transactions), where we could go; moreover, cameras were stored until our return; violators had their cameras 
and film confiscated. East Berlin looked like a Edward Hopper black & white painting: drab, stark in its absence of
vitality, little or no merchandise in soul-lesswindow displays, no mannequins, no imagination. The one department store 
permitted was an exercise in futile sameness -  no color, no choice, no cash registers ringing, no laughter. I didn't need a 
camera. I got the picture. 
 
Until one has lived in a government controlled society, one may never fully understand or appreciate the extraordinary 
rights and blessings conferred by the Declaration of Independence. 
 
Happy Fourth!
 
.
 
Kelly Welles
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From: Fred Klein <FKlein at kleinzelman.com>
To: Jeff Crowther <jeffersoncrowther at yahoo.com>; Freds List <fredslist at gothamnetworking.com> 
Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2013 9:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Fredslist] The Signers of the Declaration of Independence



See page A25 of today's Times for more. 

Sent from 
 my iPhone Fred 


On Jul 4, 2013, at 9:07 AM, "Jeff Crowther" <jeffersoncrowther at yahoo.com> wrote:



>Learn more about those brave signers.
>From: Jim
>Sent: ‎7/‎4/‎2013 8:23 AM
>To: Jim
>Subject: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence
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>Lest we forget
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>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.
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>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. 
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>What kind of men were they?
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>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. <image003.jpg>Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter andtrader, 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.
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>Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer,Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.
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>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.
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>Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.
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>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.
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>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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>Remember: freedom is never free!
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>I hope you will show your support by sending this to as many people as you can, please. It's time we get the word out that patriotism is NOT a sin, and the Fourth of Julyhas more to it than beer, picnics, and baseball games.
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