As today marks July 4th, it's a fitting time to reflect on a remarkable event in American history that unfolded on this very ...

On July 4, 1826, 50 years to the day after the Declaration of Independence was adopted, Adams and Jefferson both died. While today is celebrated as Independence Day in America, key figures Adams and ...

They died on the same day: The Fourth of July, 1826 – 50 years to the day after the Declaration. Historians say that Adams’ final words were: “Thomas Jefferson survives,” as if consoling himself with ...

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson will always be linked, as Founding Fathers and presidents. They even died on the same day — July 4, 1826. At the Continental Congress and on diplomatic missions ...

John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe, died on July 4th, marking a historical coincidence! John Adams and Thomas ...

Quincy's John Adams did not get his way. The year before, on July 2, 1776, when the Continental Congress voted to officially separate from Great Britain he made a big prediction. John Adams thought ...

Thomas Jefferson was a contradictory character: ... As an antidote to his grief, Jefferson joined John Adams and Benjamin Franklin in Paris in 1784 on a commission to negotiate commercial treaties.

John Hancock was once one of the wealthiest merchants in New England and among the most popular and well-respected figures of ...

Can the fraught relationship between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams help heal our own hyper-polarized politics? Monticello is betting yes.

Lesson Plan: Historic Presidential Elections - 1800 - John Adams vs Thomas Jefferson. Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3 Clip 4 Clip 5 Clip 6 Clip 7 Clip 8 Clip 9 Clip 10 Clip 11 Clip 12 Clip 13 Clip 14 Clip 15 ...

In 1800, he was defeated by his longtime foe, Thomas Jefferson. John and Abigail Adams returned to their hometown of Quincy, Massachusetts, where Adams spent the next 25 years engaged in public ...

The story of “Founding frenemies” Thomas Jefferson and John Adams illustrates the perils of allowing politics to supplant friendship and provides an important solution: taking political ...