On July 4 ...-- Part 1: You Know and a Bad Day for Presidents

From the July 4, 2019, Chicago Tribune.  These are events that happened this date over the years.

1776--  The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.

1802--  The United States Military Academy opened at West Point, New York.

1826--  The nation's second and third presidents, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, died.

1831--  The fifth U.S. president, James Monroe, died  in New York.

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