They pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor, and they meant it. Seven of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence never lived to see the freedom they voted for, more than half lost their fortunes and were never repaid, and not one ever took back his pledge. Historian David Barton, founder of WallBuilders, joins Jenny Beth Martin for a July 4 special on the men most Americans can no longer name, drawn from his new book with Tim Barton, and on what their story means as the nation turns 250.
Guest: David Barton, founder of WallBuilders and co-author, with Tim Barton, of "Lives, Fortunes, and Sacred Honor: The Signers of the Declaration."
Today's topics:
• Why July 2, not July 4, was the day America actually voted for independence
• The 56 signers most Americans cannot name, and the human, flawed men behind the story
• What "lives, fortunes, and sacred honor" really cost the men who pledged it
• The six principles of government laid out in the Declaration's first 161 words
• The Bible as the founders' most-cited source, ahead of Montesquieu, Blackstone, and Locke
• Why classical education and learning to think again matters for the next 250 years
• The Battle of Lexington: a pastor and his congregation who stood their ground
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