Fourth of July Factoid

in History | July 4th, 2008 1 Comment

Without Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, Americans wouldn’t have the Declaration of Independence. Rather strangely, both men died on the same day, exactly fifty years after the signing of the Declaration – July 4, 1826.

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  1. Jim says . . . | July 5, 2008 / 11:03 pm

    Ass to that list James Monroe, and you have some strange, occult stuff happening.

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