Independence Day

A Fourth of July story.
A little known (I think) fact about July Fourth is that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on the same day, July 4th, fifty years after the Declaration of Independence. They had made up their differences and had corresponded regularly in their last years.
Only Washington and Franklin were their equals among the the distinguished band of Founding Fathers Providence blessed our republic with.

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redredred · M

Adams last words were “Jefferson still lives”. In fact Jefferson had died a few hours before Adams .

LamontCranston · M

@redredred [b]Thanks[/b] for the additional color. I wanted to get the post up before the day had advanced too far and did not do the additional diligence to add that.