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Historic July 4 marked by dates, deaths, and declarations
National Geographic Society notes July 4 events from Jefferson and Adams deaths fifty years apart to Washingtons early surrender at Fort Necessity. It recalls Vicksburg siege flag-raising, first Philadelphia celebrations, Coolidge birth, Foster birth, and the Continental Congress adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
U.S
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
James Monroe
George Washington
Fort Necessity
Uniontown
Vicksburg
Mise
Edeelptur
Philadelphia
District of Columbia
Calvin Coolidge
Vermont
Jefferson and
Adams
Stephen Collins Foster
Continental Congress