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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled a statue of Thomas Jefferson depicting him drafting the Declaration of Independence at a ...
ZANESVILLE – Isaac Van Horne Sr. is just one of 194 Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Muskingum County and eight believed to be within Woodlawn Cemetery. His grave, marked with an American flag and ...
A July 19 symposium focuses on John Quincy Adams, the namesake of Quincy and Adams County. A desk owned by the nation's sixth ...
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 contours of this legacy are still contested, as they and so much else were at the time of their drafting. Yet, when Americans allow their disagreements to get too heated — or, worse, when they are ...
When John Adams penned a letter to future first lady Abigail Adams on July 3, 1776, he guessed how future generations of ...
While it sounds glamorous and luxe to be the first people to live in the newly built mansion, the reality was far from it. In ...
At a time when the Trump administration has renewed a travel ban on various Muslim majority countries in Africa and across ...
The day salutes the founding of the city and county and honors the country’s sixth president for whom Quincy and Adams County ...
Adams Historical Society members will give tours of Quaker Meeting House, built in 1782 by the East Hoosuck Meeting of the Society of Friends, on Sundays, July 6 to Oct.
When Americans celebrate the Fourth of July, we imagine fireworks, flags and a dramatic reading of the Declaration of ...
When the Founding Fathers declared independence on July 4, 1776, they not only launched a new nation but also envisioned a ...