Fourth of July Curse?

Okay so many of you know, pretty much all of you should know that the Fourth of July is a really big thing here in america. It is the day in 1776 that the declaration of independence was signed. (Okay actually the declaration of independence was signed two or so days earlier but you get the idea.) It's the day where you sit around with loved ones, have a barbecue, and watch some fireworks, right? 

All american food, yum! 

But I wonder if any of you guys have heard about the Fourth of July curse? I read it in an article and then researched it and it all happens to be very true.

Okay so it all starts with John Adams..

So it just so happens that John Adams is one of our founding fathers and second president of the United States. Which makes it very weird that he died on July Fourth 1826 ; 50 years to the day america was born. Where it gets a little weirder on his death bed John Adams muttered, "Thomas Jefferson survives," since both of them were very close in the prime ages of their lives. (Jefferson of course took the White House right after Adams.)

But little did Adam's or the country for that matter know that Jefferson had just met his maker hours prior. So there you have it two of our countries presidents died 50 years to the day America was born. Weird? I think so...

So normally one would think that by those odds it would take a 1000 years for another President to die on that day. Nope. Our fifth president James Monroe died on July Fourth 1831. Yep that's right three of our first five presidents died on independence day.

huh?

While we're on the whole fourth of July topic, I might also want to throw in...The Battle of Gettysburg, the largest battle of the civil war which determined the fate of the nation Adams and Jefferson helped create? It ended on July Fourth, 1863.

And that victory was crucial for the Union forces because, in a completely unrelated battle, Union General Ulysses S. Grant's six-month campaign  against Vicksburg, Mississippi finally ended in the city's unconditional surrender.

Also on July Fourth.

By the way, we said July Fourth was a big deal here, that may not go for places like Vicksburg, who didn't celebrate it as a holiday until after World War II. Possibly because they were still bitter over the Civil War thing, or because they're just worried that the vengeful July 4 spirit will return to take out another president.