Today I’d like to honor the 56 men who stood up and declared independence for this new nation.
Of them, five were captured by the British and tortured as traitors, before dying. 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 sacrificed so that we could prevail. God bless them all and God bless America!
Celebrate the 249th birthday of this great republic.