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Thomas Jefferson (April 13 April 2], 1743 – July 4, 1826)

Future President Thomas Jefferson, drafter of the Declaration
of Independence and the nation’s preeminent political theorist, 
was born on April 13, 1743.

He was the third president of the United States from 1801 to
1809 and the nation’s first U.S. secretary of state under
George Washington.

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776, the Continental
Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, which
proclaimed the independence of the United States of America
from Great Britain and its king.

An F-15D Eagle assigned to the 142nd Fighter Wing, Oregon
Air National Guard Base, Ore.

_{Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826)}

Founding Father Thomas Jefferson served as the third president
of the United States from 1801 to 1809 was the primary author of
the Declaration of Independence.

Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas
Jefferson reviewing the Declaration of
Independence in 1776.

On August 2, 1776, members of Congress affix their signatures
to an enlarged copy of the Declaration of Independence.

Fifty-six congressional delegates in total signed the document,
including some who were not present at the vote approving the declaration. The delegates signed by state from North to South.
        
        
        
        
        
       

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On July 8, 1776, a 2,000-pound copper-and-tin bell now
known as the “Liberty Bell” rang out from the tower of
the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall)
in Philadelphia, summoning citizens to the first public
reading of the Declaration of  Independence. Four days
earlier, the historic document had been adopted by
delegates to the Continental Congress, but the bell did
not ring to announce the issuing of the document until
the Declaration of Independence returned from the
printer on July 8.