Founding Fathers

Do you know what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?
Remember they pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor.

Five were captured by the British as traitors then tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons, another had two sons captured. Nine died from wounds or hardships. Not a very pretty ending for such a valient group. But just who was this group?

Well Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. eleven were merchants. Nine were farmers and large plantation owners. These were men of means, they were well educated so they knew that if they signed the Declaration of Independence the pealty would be death.

Carter Braxton saw his ships swept from the seas. He sold his home to pay his debts and died in rags.

Thomas McKeam was hounded by the British and was forced to move his family constantly. He served in Congress without pay his possessions were taken and poverty was his reward.

John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she lay dying. For more than a year he lived in forest and caves returning he found his wife dead and his 13 children vanished and died from exhauston and a broken heart.

Thomas Nelson Jr., saw that General Cornwallis had taken over his home and he quietly urged George Washington to open fire. His home was destroyed and he died bankrupt.

These are just a few of the stories of what was the fate of the founding fathers. Was their sacrifice in vain? You must answer that question.