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Presidents and the Fourth
Me | July 4, 2025 | Me

Posted on 07/04/2025 7:03:25 AM PDT by TBP

Today is a double occasion for me: Independence Day and my birthday, both o which I celebrate.

A bit o Independence Day trivia: One President was born on this date; three died on this date. Can you name them?

Also, what do Mickey Mantle and Adam Dunn have in common? (It relates to the Fourth of July.)


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: fourthofjuly; independenceday; presidents
A couple of interesting bits of July 4 related trivia.
1 posted on 07/04/2025 7:03:25 AM PDT by TBP
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To: TBP

bttt


2 posted on 07/04/2025 7:04:08 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: TBP
Happy birthday!

:^)

3 posted on 07/04/2025 7:05:21 AM PDT by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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To: TBP

So you have fireworks on your birthday every year?


4 posted on 07/04/2025 7:22:50 AM PDT by Judge Bean
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To: TBP
three (presidents) died on this date. Can you name them?

If I recall correctly, two are Adams and Jefferson.

5 posted on 07/04/2025 7:38:03 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: TBP

I was thinking of President Trump and his speech today, and I had this thought: The corrupt media spent a decade hiding the decline of Joe Biden, and spent a decade hiding the brilliance of Donald J. Trump.


6 posted on 07/04/2025 7:40:27 AM PDT by silent majority rising (When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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To: TBP

Coolidge was born on Independince Day.


7 posted on 07/04/2025 7:57:42 AM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO ODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: TBP

AT INDPENDINCE HALL RIGHT NOW!


8 posted on 07/04/2025 7:58:36 AM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO ODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: TBP

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, and James Monroe died on July 4, 1831. Calvin Coolidge was born on July 4, 1872.

I don’t know about Mickey Mantle and Adam Dunn.


9 posted on 07/04/2025 7:59:03 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Judge Bean

When I was very little, I thought it was cool that my dad got fireworks and parades on July 4th for his birthday.


10 posted on 07/04/2025 8:01:26 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin; TBP

“I don’t know about Mickey Mantle and Adam Dunn.”

Neither do I but Google is my friend. I could find no relation between the two men with regard to the 4th of July.

So.....what is the relationship, TBP?


11 posted on 07/04/2025 9:44:49 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Learn three chords and you, too, can be a Rock Star! ;-))
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

300th HR for each


12 posted on 07/04/2025 9:50:47 AM PDT by jjotto ("...saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, And I hated Esau...")
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

Also Albert Pujols hit his 300th HR on a July 4th


13 posted on 07/04/2025 9:58:12 AM PDT by jjotto ("...saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, And I hated Esau...")
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise; TBP

I didn’t bother to Google the question myself, but I will admit I’m mildly curious. Perhaps TBP will explain.


14 posted on 07/04/2025 11:37:06 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

“Perhaps TBP will explain.”

Apparently Mantle and Dunn hit their respective 300th home runs on July 4th. Another poster said that Pujols also hit his 300th on the 4th.


15 posted on 07/04/2025 12:27:15 PM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Learn three chords and you, too, can be a Rock Star! ;-))
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

Thanks. I’ve heard of Mantle but not the other two.


16 posted on 07/04/2025 12:49:35 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

Both hit their 300th career home runs in Washington on July 4.


17 posted on 07/06/2025 8:08:50 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Democrat cult.)
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To: Judge Bean

Yes, I do.


18 posted on 07/06/2025 8:09:39 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Democrat cult.)
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To: Who is John Galt?

Thank you.


19 posted on 07/06/2025 8:09:50 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Democrat cult.)
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