Boomin33
02-07-2009, 11:14 AM
"They" somehow track me down from time to time to try todays flavour of uplifting patriotic fervor ....
**forgive my error in propaganda!
Lets start it off with a nice wavvy flag for all good God fearing Americans.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o136/boomin33/flag.gif
4TH OF JULY 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. 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 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 July has more to it than beer, picnics, and
>baseball.
**forgive my error in propaganda!
Lets start it off with a nice wavvy flag for all good God fearing Americans.
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o136/boomin33/flag.gif
4TH OF JULY 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. 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 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 July has more to it than beer, picnics, and
>baseball.