{
"$type": "site.standard.document",
"bskyPostRef": {
"cid": "bafyreia4hqiwk2jielanm54ee6r7b7wuj5zl6awdk4xeoz4ssl4ovxvl2y",
"uri": "at://did:plc:6glepokk77rne5oga2mrpewz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpuozaunqc72"
},
"coverImage": {
"$type": "blob",
"ref": {
"$link": "bafkreievvoueowa5axr2rcnv5gtwnxm4bv5pnwfubainkpwdbbs6mpjnbi"
},
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"size": 106800
},
"path": "/the-living-signatories-to-the-declaration-of-independence-and-the-american-jubilee/",
"publishedAt": "2026-07-04T18:00:36.000Z",
"site": "https://thenewleafjournal.com",
"tags": [
"American History",
"American Independence Day",
"Charles Carroll",
"John Adams",
"Summer Season 2026",
"This Day in History",
"Thomas Jefferson"
],
"textContent": "America celebrated its 50th anniversary on July 4, 1826. Just three signatories to The Declaration of Independence, Adams, Jefferson, and Charles Carroll of Carrollton, lived to see the day. I look at their stories as related to July 4, 1826 (including the dual deaths of Adams and Jefferson on the 50th).",
"title": "The Living Signatories to The Declaration of Independence and the American Jubilee"
}