Photo by Martin H. Simon-Pool/Getty Images.

Photo by Martin H. Simon-Pool/Getty Images.

On the day before the Fourth of July, President Barack Obama paid an unexpected visit to an appropriately fitting location: Local tech startup hub 1776.

According to a White House pool report, Obama stopped by shortly after 11 a.m. Situated on 15th Street NW between L and M Streets, 1776 hosts a variety of different startups.

A release from the White House says the President’s visit, while appropriately timed considering tomorrow’s holiday, also coincides with the release of last month’s employment numbers, which continues “52 straight months of job growth,” especially in the tech sector.

Since launching in February of 2013, 1776 has rapidly expanded from its original lineup of six founding companies, including Tech Cocktail and dating app Hinge. It now houses dozens of small tech startups.

There’s no video of what Obama said to the workers of 1776—it was about jobs and the growing economy, supposedly—but I’m going to believe it went a little something like this:

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