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Four Presidents Die or Are Born on Fourth of July
On July 4 1826 John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died within hours of each other their deaths marking a rare shared national milestone. The piece also recalls Monroe Garfield and Coolidge with brief notes on their connections to the holiday.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Quincy
Mass
John Adams
United States
Washington
D. C
John Quincy Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
Virginia
Continental Congress
Adams
Jefferson
Congress
House of Burgesses
Richard Cleary Lee
Massachusette
Atanta
Benjamin Stush
Philadelphia
Thomas Randolph
Adama
Boston
New York City
James Monroe
Prince Street
Old Virginia
Ash Lawn
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
George Washington
New York
James A. Garfield
Baltimore and Potomac
Charles J. Guiteon
Garfield
Elberon
Long Branch
N. J
Plymouth
Vermont
White House
Calvin Coolidge