The Flag

[Carl Meyer]

Gary!  Way back when--Someone said "Taxation without representation is
tyranny"  They should see what it's like WITH representation!!!

Looked your name up in the directory.  It's not there.  Are you a closet
technician as well as a closet conservative?

I think the socialists will let us say a few things on the fourth of July.
Bush bashing doesn't seem to bother them much at all.

I just read where the term "well regulated" in the second amendment actually
referred to " well equipped" in the jargon of the day.  So, keep you powder
dry!!

Carl Meyer


----- Original Message -----
From: "gary mccormick" <gmcc@pipeline.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 8:15 AM
Subject: Re: The Flag


> Makes me kind of wonder if I have the same courage to take such a stand as
> they did.
> With so many socialist ideas subtly worming their way into our government
> these days, how long will it be before we have to take a stand against our
> government  as they did in 1776?
> I know this doesn't have anything to do with pianos, but this is,
afterall,
> the Fourth of July.
> Gary McCormick
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jon Page <jonpage@mediaone.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 10:56 AM
> Subject: Re: The Flag
>
>
> > The 56 Patriots Who Signed
> > The Declaration of Independence
> >
> > REMEMBERING INDEPENDENCE DAY
> >
> > 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. 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.
> >
> > 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!
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Remember: freedom is never free!
> >
> > ~ Author Unknown ~
> >
>
>