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When President John Adams died on July 4, 1826, the moment was rife with bizarre coincidences. Not only had the Founding ...
This year, Independence Day coincided with another historic birthday: Quincy’s. It has been 400 years since English colonists ...
Former U.S. President John Quincy Adams once said, “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and ...
Two free dramatizations will bring the revolutionary spirit of the 18th century back to life in Quincy on July 4. How to ...
At first glance, Adams Township looks like many other suburban spots scattered around Western Pennsylvania, quiet streets, ...
Turns out U.S. President Donald Trump gauges his esteem for presidential predecessors by how well their portraits fit into ...
Quincy will celebrate the city’s 400th birthday over the 4th of July weekend with a three-day waterfront celebration on the ...
The John Quincy Adams statue was commissioned through an expansion of the contract originally granted to Eylanbekov over 10 years ago for the three statues on the Hancock Adams Common.
John Adams, for what it's worth, reportedly turned down invitation to July 4 events as he still believed it should be ...
After John Wood and Willard Keyes settled on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River in the 1820s, they petitioned the Illinois Legislature to create “Adams County”, with their founding ...
However, John Quincy Adams, unlike his father, enjoyed a second act in public life. Elected to Congress as a representative from Massachusetts in 1830, he became known as a staunch antislavery ...
His son, John Quincy Adams, was sworn in as president on March 4, 1825. The Adams family holds a unique distinction in American history as the first father and son to both serve as president of ...