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Jefferson Day

American  

noun

  1. April 13, Thomas Jefferson's birthday, a legal holiday in Alabama, sometimes celebrated by the Democratic Party by the holding of fund-raising dinners.


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King County’s Jefferson Day Center in downtown Seattle is open daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., according to a spokesperson for the county’s Department of Community and Human Services.

From Seattle Times Jun. 22, 2021

At a Jefferson Day dinner in April 1830, in Washington, then-President Andrew Jackson famously took on the “nullifiers” of South Carolina, who failed to honor the cause of national unity.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2015

A classic encounter occurred at a Jefferson Day dinner when the President proposed a blunt toast: "To the Union�it must be preserved."

From Time Magazine Archive

Harry Truman grinned and waved happily to the 2,000-odd Jefferson Day diners.*

From Time Magazine Archive

Speaking at Atlanta on Jefferson Day, he told cotton growers that while foreign importation of U. S. cotton had indeed decreased 41%, foreign consumption had fallen only 26%.

From Time Magazine Archive

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