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 ...

Adams, accompanied by his sons, John Quincy, age 12 (fellow future president), and Charles, 9, departed from Boston in November to set sail for Europe aboard French frigate Sensible.

From 2001: David McCullough on founding father John Adams 10:14. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough died August 8, 2022 at age 89.In this "Sunday Morning" interview, originally ...

There is currently no memorial to John Adams, John Quincy Adams and their family in Washington. ... At 11 years of age, he began accompanying his father on diplomatic missions to Europe, ...

In 1788, when John Adams returned from Europe to a hero's welcome, he came home to limitless possibilities. The presidency would belong to George Washignton, of course, ...

John Adams, a son of a farmer who attended Harvard on a scholarship, was a circuit lawyer. Recommended Stories. How the anti-aging craze is spreading to young women; A path to reform FEMA; ...

Review: John Adams’s ‘El Niño’ Arrives at the Met in Lush Glory. The opera-oratorio, an alternate Nativity story, featured a flurry of Met debuts, including the director Lileana Blain-Cruz ...