What the founders went through

[Jackal]

I received this email from a liberal friend of mine, which surprised me. Don't know if its accurate or not but I'll post it anyway because it is moving if it is true:

THE 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.

[HiredGoon]

Snopes calls it a mix of true & false info.

[MOUNTAINORACLE]

BS by any other name is still BS

1). Five signers were captured by the British as traitors,
and tortured before they died.
This is BS 5 Signers were captured but none died while a prisoner.
2). Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or
hardships of the Revolutionary War.
This is BS Nine signers died during the Revolutionary War but none of the nine died from wounds or hardships inflicted on them. Seven of the nine didn't take part in the war.
3). Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.
This IMHO is also BS because the ransacking and burning of homes was a common war practice and in my opinion the signers homes were not specifically targeted.

I did not research the whole email or read the whole mail because 2 off the first 4 sentences were complete BS. And a sentence could be considered a mixture of fact and fiction.

This is the reason the all emails should be checked before being posted as true.

oracle

[Jackal]

This is the reason the all emails should be checked before being posted as true.

oracle

This is the reason I posted it as possibly true