What are the odds that three U.S. Presidents, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and James Monroe, all died on the Fourth of July? In this episode of King’s Talk, Lo and Presley unravel the eerie synchronicity, the symbolism, and the very human end-of-life moments of the men who shaped the American Revolution.

Sources:

• Boston University, “The Last Days of Jefferson and Adams”
  https://www.bu.edu/historic/battin.htm

• Library of Congress, “The Deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson”
  https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/07/deaths-of-john-adams-and-thomas-jefferson-on-july-4th/

• National Constitution Center, “Three Presidents Die on July 4th – Just a Coincidence?”
  https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/three-presidents-die-on-july-4th-just-a-coincidence

• Study.com video lesson on Adams and Jefferson
  https://study.com/learn/lesson/video/john-adams-and-thomas-jefferson.html

• Wikipedia: James Monroe
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe

• University of Mary Washington, James Monroe Papers – “Mr. Monroe’s Dying Request”
  https://academics.umw.edu/jamesmonroepapers/2018/11/30/mr-monroes-dying-request/

• Los Angeles Times Archive, “Deaths of Founding Fathers Reverberated Across the Young Nation”
  https://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/article_popover_share.aspx?guid=77802cc8-f7b9-49a1-8be5-17ca0bb47178

• Hamilton (Broadway Musical) for pop culture reference and framing

  
  

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