i remember the bicentennial. there was a lot of excitement. we were painting hydrants and telephone poles RW&B
caulking up the sidewalks and school yards. putting RW&B streamers on our bicycles.
i just don't sense the same excitement and enthusiasm for the 250th
a bit of patriotic trivia and little known fact
Which 2 founding fathers and former presidents died hours apart on the 50th anniversary. July 4th 1826
now ain't that sumthin.
John Adams and
Thomas Jefferson, both key Founding Fathers and former presidents, died on
July 4, 1826, the exact 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. [
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- Thomas Jefferson (3rd President/Primary Author of the Declaration) died at age 83 at his home, Monticello.
- John Adams (2nd President/Member of the drafting committee) died at age 90 at his home in Quincy, Massachusetts.