Letter: On July 4, honor the price they paid

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? July 4 will have a great meaning to me from now on. A friend sent me the following: 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 in the Revolutionary army, another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 who fought died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary army.