On the Fourth of July we should all take a few moments to read the Declaration of Independence.
To read it, click on the following link:
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript
If you are attending any events today, use the following quiz about this day with family and friends.
- Which two presidents, who were also signers of the Declaration, died on the same July 4th?
- Which one died first on that day?
- How old were they when they died?
- What other president died on the July 4th?
- What president was born on the Fourth of July?
Answers:
- Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. They both died on July 4th 1826, fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
- Jefferson died around noontime and Adams around five PM
- Adams was 90 and Jefferson 83
- James Monroe died on July 4th 1831
- Calvin Coolidge in 1872
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