“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 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 or both, looted the properties of Ellery, Clymer, Hall, 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. The owner 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. 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 they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they 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.’”
~Michael W. Smith
Like holy shit.
Can we just all collectively pause and think about what would happen if these people were Trump supporters?
THIS is what an actual insurrection looks like.
Talk about a double standard.
The USS Texas was an absolute beast during D-Day operations, firing 255 shells in 34 minutes as part of the 702-ship US-British flotilla at the Omaha Beach western fire support lane. ⚓️
Today marks the 35 anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
The Chinese Communist Party's crackdown on pro-democracy protestors changed the course of modern history.
It also changed Jimmy Lai's life, putting him on a collision course with the CCP. 1/
Congress needs to open up an investigation into how the heck Judge Merchan got "selected" to preside over the bogus case against Trump brought forth by Alvin Bragg when he wasn't even on the list of 24 judges to select from.🤯
Who wants to know? 🙋♂️
Hunter Biden’s laptop exposed 459 State and Federal violations. Every prosecutor in the jurisdiction of where these crimes were committed, were given copies of the report, along with every member of Congress.
The Report shows:
140 business-related crimes
191 s€x-related crimes
128 drug-related crimes
He was merely charged with a few misdemeanors and a gun charge.
NO EQUAL JUSTICE if you’re a dirty, crime-ridden BIDEN!
Ask young people in China today about June 4th, you will most likely get a blank look. The CCP has successfully kept this inconvenient historic event from the younger generations.
CCP now has western helpers to erase the history for them. Google has suppressed so many of the historic images from its search engine. And YouTube is busy taking down videos memorizing the anniversary.
But let’s never forget that on June 4th 35 years ago, the CCP regime deployed the People’s Liberation Army and massacred tens of thousands of peaceful pro-democracy protesters in Beijing while the whole world was watching.
Since the massacre, democracy has been killed in its infancy in China while Communism is spreading like wildfire in the West.
Today should a sober reminder to all of us that a totalitarian regime would do ANYTHING in order to hold on to power, including killing defenseless civilians!!
.@davidhogg111 Today is a perfect day for you to learn some real history! On June 4th 1989 the CCP massacred ten of thousand peaceful pro-democracy student protesters in Tiananmen Square!
This is what happens when citizens are disarmed under a tyrannical government!!! And this can happen anywhere including America!!!
@Lily4Liberty
Refreshing to see.
— No one burning the American flag
— No one replacing a hanging US flag with another
— No one covering their face
— No one destroying property
— No one attacking someone who disagrees
Just kind, proud, respectful people.
Nashville trans shooter Audrey Hale allegedly informed a therapist about fantasies about killing her Christian family & carrying out a school shooting, but it was never reported to authorities. Hale killed several children & adults at a Christian school. https://t.co/XSVJDV7qjJ
No one is safe under Communism!!
Not the average citizens. Not even those Communists in high positions.
Liu Shaoqi, the president of China and CCP’s No 2 guy, found himself under siege by the Red Guards. He eventually died a miserable death while imprisoned. Liu’s crime was that Mao considered him a threat.
Where are Xi Jinping’s rivals? They are all rotting in prison.
Those who are celebrating the destruction and weaponization of our legal system need to know they will be next and they are the real target of the regime they support.