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July 4th History

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men  who signed the Declaration of Independence?  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 serving 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 signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes,  and their sacred honor.  What kind of men were they?  Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists.  Eleven were merchants,  nine were farmers and large plantation owners;  men of means, well educated,  but they signed the Declaration of Independence  knowing full well that the penalty would be death if  they were captured.  Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and  trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the  Bri...

Azie Taylor Morton

Azie Taylor Morton  was the first and only African-American to hold the position of Treasurer of the United States. Despite hardships, Ms. Morton excelled by entering one of the highest offices in the land. Born February 1, 1936 in Dale, Texas. Morton worked in the cotton fields as a teen. Because Dale didn’t have any public schools for Black children, she attended the Texas Blind, Deaf, and Orphan School although she suffered none of those issues. In 1952, she entered an all-Black school, Huston-Tillotson University, graduating with a degree in commercial education. Morton tried to enroll in the University of Texas’ graduate program but was denied because of her race. Taylor began teaching at a Texas school for delinquent girls, and later began working for Huston-Tillotson. In 1961, she was hired by President John F. Kennedy to work for the Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity and she worked there for several years. In 1965, she married James Homer Morton. Between ...