We Mutually Pledge To Each Other Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor
Altogether seventeen of the signers suffered extreme, and in some cases total, property losses. One in nine of them lost his life. But not one man of the fiftysix lost his “sacred honor.” Throughout the long ordeal of an often-floundering war, in a cause that at times seemed hopelessly lost, there was not among the fifty-six men a single defection—despite the reservations that some had had about independence at the beginning and despite the repeated sagging of popular support for the war.
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Well, it will be a LOOOOOONG time before I step foot in Nordstrom’s or shop online from them again!
Loony Seattle chain— thinks going the way of Starbucks is the way to go.
But haven’t had Starbucks in years, either!