Independence Day

[special k]

Thank you to whoever, from Intercot, posted the Declaration of Independence on the site today. It was a classy touch, and it gave me chills reading it. What a beautiful country we have. May we never lose our precious freedoms!:flag:

[Minnie Imagineer]

I agree!! :flag:

[Claudielou]

Ditto from me!!:thumbsup: I just printed it out.
Thanks.

[countrycharmer]

Loved the prelude to the Intercot site! I sent emails to friends telling them to log on.

I also printed out copy and put on fridge.

May all my fellow intercot members be safe and reflect on the 4th!

[Queen Stephanie]

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY AMERICA!:flag::fworks:

[Piglet822]

Thank you, John :thumbsup:



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[kms1066heb]

Thank you! I haven't read the Declaration of Independence since I was in high school. Reading it brought tears to my eyes. What a great country!

Huzzah and Happy Birthday America!

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[VolMickey]

Thank you for posting The Declaration today. :rocks:

I forwarded it to my entire division within the health system where I work. God bless all Intercotees and all Americans on this day. :flag:

[4myprincesses]

More dittos here, surprising and touching.

As always, Intercot is the best!

[magicofdisney]

I agree, that was totally AWESOME. Patriotism warms my heart. :thumbsup:

[Minnie Imagineer]

This is very interesting:

FIFTY SIX MEN – INDEPENDENCE DAY

Have you ever wondered what happened to the fifty six 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 fifty six 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 death would be the cost if 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 McKean 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 thirteen
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 divine providence, “we mutually pledge to each
other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."

They gave you and me a free and independent America. The history books never told you a lot about what happened in the Revolutionary War. We didn't fight just the British. We were British subjects at that time and we fought our own government!

So, take a few minutes this year while enjoying your Independence Day holiday or any other freedom that comes to mind and silently thank God and these patriots.

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[hubbyofadisneyholic]

A big THANK YOU!!!

I think way too often people tend get so wrapped up in picnics and fireworks that they forget why we have this holiday and how many brave souls have ensured our ability to enjoy it!!

GOD BLESS AMERICA

[DNS]

Another THANK YOU here. I loved signing on and being greeted with this first thing in the morning.