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This week we celebrate our independence with the grand American tradition of the fast food drive-through. Pete Handelman, the man who brought you the Celtics vs. Lakers debate of 1986, gives us a look at what founding fathers John Adams and Thomas Jefferson would order at their local fast food establishment.

Bostonist holds these truths to be self-evident that all dead presidents enjoy fries with that shake.