Today's generation has no idea what it cost the Founding Father's. Of the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence, 19 put on military uniforms and went to war, two died at the hands of the British (seven others died during the war), and two were wounded in battle; and including those signers who also led in arenas outside the military, five were made prisoners of war, seventeen lost their estates or fortunes, five incurred heavy debt by personally financing the war, fourteen lost their families or were separated from them, two lost children, and three lost their wives.
Each of the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence mutually pledged to each other their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor. The Declaration of Independence isn't just a piece of paper. It is our country's Birth Certificate.
