Contemporary Issues Forum: Adams and Jefferson: Friendship, Rivalry, and the most “Perfect Coincidence” in American History

SPEAKER:
Jim Rasenberger
Author and Journalist

TOPIC:
In creating the Declaration of Independence in 1776, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams collaborated in what Jefferson later called “a perfect coincidence” of thought and action. Exactly fifty years later, on July 4, 1826, they died within hours of each other. Author Jim Rasenberger will explore the meaning of these two coincidences and the remarkable fifty-year relationship between them.

Venue located on Chautauqua Institution grounds; a gate pass is required.