Today is thomas jefferson’s Birthday

Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, exactly 50 years after his Declaration of Independence had been adopted. He was 83 years old and wrote his own epitaph before he died. It didn’t mention anything about being president. It said: “Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia.”

He said: “In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”

Jefferson introduced french fries to his guests at the White House.