He wrote to Abigail that "the second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America." The ...

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson will always be linked, as Founding Fathers and presidents. They even died on the same day — July 4, 1826. At the Continental Congress and on diplomatic missions ...

They died on the same day: The Fourth of July, 1826 – 50 years to the day after the Declaration. Historians say that Adams’ final words were: “Thomas Jefferson survives,” as if consoling himself with ...

The Treaty of Paris was ratified the next day, on Jan. 14, 1784. Tourists can see a copy of the Treaty of Paris, as well as the desk it was signed on, inside the John Quincy Adams State Drawing ...

The Adams family’s commitment to these principles did not end with John Adams. His son, John Quincy Adams, carried his father’s torch into an era marked by one of our nation’s most painful ...

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 ...

The story of “Founding frenemies” Thomas Jefferson and John Adams illustrates the perils of allowing politics to supplant friendship and provides an important solution: taking political ...

In “The Unexpected Abigail Adams,” John L. Smith Jr., a retired corporate executive and historian, ... In Paris in 1784, Thomas Jefferson, with whom she would later have a falling out, ...

John Adams #4 2025 Rankings. John Adams #4 is ranked #1193-1591 in Pennsylvania Elementary Schools.Schools are ranked on their performance on state-required tests, graduation, and how well they ...

Opening night of the Metropolitan Opera’s 2014 production of The Death of Klinghoffer was met by a phalanx of protesters ready for a fight. The opera, by the American composer John Adams ...

After the pianist, Vikingur Olafsson, asked for a concerto over beers, the composer, John Adams, wrote “After the Fall,” which will now travel the world.

John Adams, 30 Oct 1735 - 4 Jul 1826 Exhibition Label Of all the Founding Fathers, John Adams was perhaps the most intellectual and accomplished. He helped craft the argument supporting the ...