The NY Times is running today a rather beautiful slideshow presentation of what happened to some of the signers of the Declaration during and after the war.
Bad things didn’t happen to all the signers, of course, most of whom lived to see the fruit of their invention. But a good number of them truly suffered the downside of their pledge:
And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.
Pretty cool.
– Bromley