What Kind of Men Were They? --Part 2

Continuing with the sacrifices of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Again, this had to be one REALLY SCARY thing to do. Not only were these men risking their lives, but all had considerable wealth that they stood to lose.

THOMAS NELSON, JR., of Virginia-- at the Battle of Yorktown, he saw that British general Cornwallis had commandeered his home as headquarters. He urged Gen. Washington to open fire on it. The home was destroyed and Nelson died bankrupt.

FRANCIS LEWIS of New York had his home and properties destroyed. The British jailed his wife where she died in a few months.

JOHN HART of New Jersey was driven from his wife's bedside where she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year, he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and children vanished.

And, We Complain About Taxes. I Guess We Don't Have It So Bad. --Cooter