Those who signed the Declaration of Independence suffered following their signature of that document… some by death, others lost their homes, livelihoods or were lost during Revolutionary war.
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 in the revolutionary army, another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the revolutionary war.
Those who signed the Declaration of Independence suffered following their signature of that document… some by death, others lost their homes, livelihoods or were lost during Revolutionary war.
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 in the revolutionary army, another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the revolutionary war.
NEVER TOO LATE
Today, as long as people have Netflix and Uber eats they won’t do shit. Has the American spirit of 76 been permanently crushed?
It’s the frog on the stove parable —of the frog staying in a pot of gradually heated water until he boils seems to be where we’re at.
As long as everyone is comfortable or too busy, they are ignoring what’s happening around them. When it hits their backyard they’ll awake.
By then will have foreigners in our land. If they’re not here already.