AMERICA - 4th of July

What does the Fourth of July mean to you? Parades…? Fireworks…? A day off from School or Work…? Unfortunately, many of you know very little about the true meaning of the birthday of our country. On July 4th, 1776, John Hancock, who was president of the Continental Congress, and Charles Thomson, who was the Secretary, signed the Declaration of Independence, a document that stated we were no longer willing to be ruled by the British.
"The Price They Paid"
From the National Federation of National Business;
Have you ever wondered what happened to those 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 in the Revolutionary Army, another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from their wounds or the hardships of the Revolutionary War. 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.
They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. 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 Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward. Vandals or soldiers, or both, looted the properties of Ellery, Clymer, Hall, Walten, Gwinnett, Heyward, Rutledge, 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. The owner quietly urged General George Washington to open fire, which was done. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt. Francis Lewis had his home and his 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 grist mill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home after the war to find his wife dead, his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates. 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 valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, the 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."
They gave us an Independent America... Can We Keep It?
That will remain to be seen, we will lose it you as a people don’t educate yourself and know what you’re voting for. If you keep putting people like Obama a "Socialist” in office we will in time lose everything. Obama isn’t satisfied being President of the United States, He wants to be King Obama – with only one law and that is Obama’s Law. He would be more than happy to have you as his loyal subjects.
Obama has made it very clear that he doesn’t care about the rule of law, or his senate or congress, he uses Obama law. Let’s hope for the sake of the United States and our country that you come out of your brain dead state you been living in and Vote Obama out of office no matter how many adds he runs and how much money he raises. Our founding fathers fought to give you freedom and every man or boy since then that has died on a battlefield, has been for you. If you’re Freedom worth fighting for, are you willing to fight for your children and their children now? Or do you just want to stay in your brain dead state and let everything slip away from you? That is your choice in 2012, let’s pray to God you wake up and do what is good for your country, can’t you hear our forefathers calling you to arms, crying out to you to fight for the Freedom that they gave you.
Until we meet again
Sincerely
TEK