John Adams & Thomas Jefferson: What Their Death Teaches Us About Life

On July 4th, 1826 — two great men lay on their deathbed.

They were John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

John Adams was the primary advocate and Thomas Jefferson was the primary writer of the Declaration of Independence.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”

It was the 50th anniversary of the signing of that great document and both men were slowly sliding into the next life.

Thomas Jefferson had been bedridden for weeks, struggling to make it to the sacred anniversary, but the night before as his fever spiked people believed he’d die then-and-there.

But he reawaken the next day to utter his final words, “Is it the 4th?”