A bit early but....
Please take few minutes in your day to read what this is all about....
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.htm
That is powerful stuff regardless of your thoughts of current day politicians and the state of the nation.
What of the men that signed the Declaration of Independence.
http://usff.com/usff/sacredhonor.html
Please take few minutes in your day to read what this is all about....
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.htm
That is powerful stuff regardless of your thoughts of current day politicians and the state of the nation.
What of the men that signed the Declaration of Independence.
It was far from a sure thing that the Revolution could be won and signing the document immediately made them marked men. In the end many did sacrifice their fortunes and lives...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.
http://usff.com/usff/sacredhonor.html
And Abraham Clark signer from New Jersey....Of those 56 who signed the Declaration of Independence, nine died of wounds or hardships during the war. Five were captured and imprisoned, in each case with brutal treatment. Several lost wives, sons or entire families. One lost his 13 children. Two wives were brutally treated. All were at one time or another the victims of manhunts and driven from their homes. Twelve signers had their homes completely burned. Seventeen lost everything they owned. Yet not one defected or went back on his pledged word. Their honor, and the nation they sacrificed so much to create, is still intact.
I hope you have a great day.He gave two sons to the officer corps in the Revolutionary Army. They were captured and sent to the infamous British prison hulk afloat in New York harbor known as the hell ship "Jersey," where 11,000 American captives were to die. The younger Clarks were treated with a special brutality because of their father. One was put in solitary and given no food. With the end almost in sight, with the war almost won, no one could have blamed Abraham Clark for acceding to the British request when they offered him his sons' lives if he would recant and come out for the King and parliament. The utter despair in this man's heart, the anguish in his very soul, must reach out to each one of us down through 200 years with his answer: "No."