Show t I GREAT AMONG WORLDS WORLD'S GREATEST I MONTICELLO TIlE THE HOME OF THOMAS JEFFERSON g Br r Acs EY t America a Your hallowed f Where we may come and be more close to you lC 1 r rf In spirit here II ere among the things thang you knew lenew it And loved prIVilege to learn how fine m I And sacred arc the forces Corces that combine To bles bless a Nobly h here re you grew I Gras Gr Grem em e m the that gave breadth to Vie vow I Our Country's need which you were to rr I M Jf divine This house enfolded you these walls though now All silent once laughed bushed out w ith you m in play This house confirms our 10 e and these a t great trees tom your high the sky Just F how These Vied ro mould your day We know by your immortal legacies C z P S 4 k c A II LAl II a aa a AJ ro Ny y J ao tJ nas J w wt wr r t Ada 1 1 4 I r II t M T e i sr srI t I P o E Oy rr k Y c k bC Ud Photo fume rne in m looking back backOver backover backover Over the historical record of the nation finds many things of interest many by paths and many once main mam traveled roads now grown dim leading off into pleasurable speculation and reminiscence reminiscence cence But in m connection with the an- an anniversary anniversary an anniversary of the nations nation's birth there IS a notable coincidence On a July 4 1826 two Presidents ex-Presidents of the United States died they were of the fathers whose patriotic labors brought forth on this continent a new nation con con- conceived conceived con conceived in m liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal They had lived to see the light of the jubilee day and then passed from the stage John Adams died that day m in Quincy Mass Thomas Jefferson at Monticello in m Virginia As de from the coincidence of theIr death on July 4 their lives had many parallels Both were leaders in m the Continental congress both were sign sign- signers signers signers ers of the Declaration both were min mm- ministers a abroad broad both served as V VIce Ice President and both as President of the United States Each served in m the con con- constitutional constitutional con constitutional convention of his native state Jefferson fathered the Demo Demo- Democratic Democratic Democratic cratic Republican party Adams with Alexander Hamilton the Federalist I party Adams while abroad wrote and published for the instruction of Europe his Defense of the Amern Constitutions Jefferson his Notes on Virginia |