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bdowell
04-20-08, 07:58 PM
As the series is winding down, I'm enjoying this last episode a lot. Like the last episode, it's slow in spots, but still enlightening.

Breast cancer in Revolutionary times :eek:

54 years of marriage?! How many people from that time period could make such a claim?

The exchange between Jefferson and Adams near the end of their lives was interesting too.

John Adams seeing the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence?! I hadn't realized that he lived that long or was that young at the point of his participation in the revolution.

Nice dig at the historical inaccuracies that shined through objects such as the painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Considering that most people have no idea of how things truly went, and instead have assumptions passed down from seeing paintings such as the one shown to Adams, it was interesting to get a few words on how wrong that painting was.

Slip Jigs
04-20-08, 09:23 PM
So, did Adams and Jefferson really both die on the same day, July 4th, 50 years after the signing?

Henry
04-20-08, 10:02 PM
So, did Adams and Jefferson really both die on the same day, July 4th, 50 years after the signing?


It appears that way ... if you believe the series. And Jefferson apparently died first that day, something Adams wouldn't find out until he's reunited with Abigail up there.

TNGTony
04-21-08, 12:04 AM
According to legend, Adam's last words were of regret: "Jefferson lives!" :D

This was on the PBS documentary of the founding fathers last year I think. In the documentary the person telling the story said that if this was the ending to a movie he would have never believed it.

See the Biography Channel's web page too:
http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9175892&page=3
Over time, Adams began a correspondence with his former friend and old rival Thomas Jefferson. The two men exchanged numerous letters over the years. In an unusual twist, both Founding Fathers died on July 4, 1826—the fiftieth anniversary of Declaration of Independence.



See ya
Tony