July/August 2004
	Let's Connect! Northwest Health Connections Bi-monthly Newsletter

Fourth of July.

Facts: Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th: John Hancock and Charles Thompson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until five years later.

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British and tortured as traitors before they died. Twelve of their homes were ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army, and another had two sons captured.

Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the war. They signed and pledged their lives, their