OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY
wrong day to celebrate Independence Day. In his mind, it should have been the second day of July, not the fourth. He argued for a day of celebration on the anniversary the Declaration of Independence was adopted. Instead, the celebration day was marked by the ratification of the document two days later. Ironically Adams and the author of the document, Thomas Jefferson, both died hours apart on the 4th of July in 1826.
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