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Inside The Death Of President John Adams — And How It Coincided With The Demise Of Thomas Jefferson
When President John Adams died on July 4, 1826, the moment was rife with bizarre coincidences. Not only had the Founding ...
Why Did John Adams, Second U.S. President, Refuse to Celebrate the Fourth of July?
President John Adams rejected July 4 celebrations, insisting July 2 marked true American independence. Learn the story behind ...
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Alien and Sedition Acts were reviled in their time, and John Adams was ...
When John Adams became the second president of the United States in 1797, he inherited from George Washington a new experiment in government and a bit of a mess. The country’s two political ...
US Independence Day: The untold story of three US Presidents who died on July 4
Three US presidents died on July 4, all nation-makers. Two of them, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, died on the same day in ...
John Adams thought Independence Day should be celebrated on July 2. Why is it on July 4?
John Adams thought July 2 would be marked as a national holiday for generations to come: “[Independence Day] will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am a ...