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 and the others held
respectible positions; men of means, well educated. However,
they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full
well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.
Five signers were captured by the British
as traitors, and tortured before they died.
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Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.
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Two lost their sons serving in the
Revolutionary Army, another had two sons captured.
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Nine fought and died from wounds
or hardships of the Revolutionary War.
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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.
Please take a few moments while enjoying your 4th of July
holiday and silently give thanks to these patriots for
many gave the ultimate price, their lives, for freedom.
Delaware
George Read
Caesar Rodney
Thomas McKean
New Hampshire
Joshiah Bartlett
Wiliam Whipple
Matthew Thornton
Georgia
Button Gwinnett
Lyman Hall
George Walton
South Carolina
Edward Rutledge
Arthur Middleton
Thomas Lynch, Jr.
Thomas Heyward, Jr.
New Jersey
Abraham Clark
John Hart
Francis Hopkinson
Richard Stockton
John Witherspoon |
Pennsylvania
George Clymer
Benjamin Franklin
Robert Morris
John Morton
Benjamin Rush
George Ross
James Smith
James Wilson
George Taylor
Rhode Island
Stephen Hopkins
William Ellery
Virginia
Richard Henry Lee
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Carter Braxton
Benjamin Harrison
Thomas Jefferson
George Wythe
Thomas Nelson, Jr.
Maryland
Charles Carroll
Samuel Chase
Thomas Stone
William Paca |
Massachusetts
John Adams
Samuel Adams
John Hancock
Robert Treat Paine
Elbridge Gerry
New York
Lewis Morris
Philip Livingston
Francis Lewis
William Floyd
North Carolina
William Hooper
John Penn
Joseph Hewes
Connecticut
Samuel Huntington
Roger Sherman
William Williams
Oliver Wolcott |
Have A Safe & Fun 4th Of July
Enjoy Your Freedom Today - God Bless America
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