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Thomas Jefferson died July 4, 1826 and a few short hours later was joined by…
John Adams, the same day.
Five years later James Monroe died on July 4, 1831
… and Calvin Coolidge, the birthday boy, was born July 4, 1872
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I’m probably the only one who is actually a little disturbed to hear all this. Weren’t Jefferson and Adams present...
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