The 56 signers of the
Declaration of Independence pledged
their fortunes, their sacred honor, their very lives for Freedom!
5 signers
were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died.
12 signers
had their homes ransacked and burned.
2 signers
lost their sons in the revolutionary army,
another had two sons captured.
9 of the 56 signers
fought and died from wounds or hardships of the revolutionary war.
17 signers
lost everything they owned.
0 signers
defected -
their honor and Nation remained intact!
#happy4thofjuly