The Real Price Paid by the Men Who Signed Our Founding Documents 🇺🇸They knew the risk. Signing the Declaration of Independence in 1776 was treason—punishable by death. 🔥56 brave men pledged their “lives, fortunes, and sacred honor.” Many were men of means with everything to lose.They weren’t guaranteed victory. They bet on liberty anyway.The sacrifices were real:• Homes burned and looted. Families forced to flee.• Five captured and imprisoned under harsh conditions (Stockton, Walton, Heyward,