It has always appeared to me that Yankees & Tories had a lot in common...such as calling their enemy (who were fighting for independence) "Rebels"...I therefore accept the "Rebel" label with pride as they were the folks that.. were fighting to save our constitutional rights....

As a matter of fact I did have a "Tory" relative in my Bedford lineage...His name was Jonas Bedford who had a large plantation in SC and was a "Loyalist" during the RV War,,He was the only one of his family that sided with the British and he and his plantation suffered greatly for being on the wrong side "lost cause" ?? he were a "Tory"..
After the Rev War his decendants all moved north (to PA & OHIO)...they were Yankees and of course fought againt their Southern Bedford relatives in the 60`s...they were still Tories...and fighting for the wrong side again...

One thing about old Jonas, that surprised me, was that I found that he filed a claim (with the British) for the destruction of his property (by the Rebels)...and they paid his claim.....

You Yankee`s and Tories have a lot to be proud of....huh?