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There are 17 communities in the U.S. named Quincy. Apparently, the only with a unique pronunciation is in Massachusetts. Here's why we say it with a z.
An intimate testament to love and to home written and signed by Founding Father John Adams was sold for $40,000 by auction house Raab Collection on Wednesday. The heartfelt letter from the then ...
An intimate letter from President John Adams to a young bride, known only to one American family for 200 years, sold for $40,000 as part of a "friendship album." ...
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 ...
With Father’s Day approaching, we should remind ourselves that the Founding Fathers were not only America’s symbolic fathers, ...
They preferred Hancock, after John Hancock, the great revolutionary with the fancy signature, who was born where the Adams Academy now stands in Quincy at 8 Adams St.
They preferred Hancock, after John Hancock, the great revolutionary with the fancy signature, who was born where the Adams Academy now stands in Quincy at 8 Adams St.
Quincy acquired the former Acapulcos restaurant for $3.3 million to build a park honoring John Quincy Adams. The park will feature a statue of John Quincy Adams by sculptor Sergey Eylanbekov.
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.
The Adams Academy on Monday afternoon, August 11, 2014 in Quincy. (Photo by Zack Wittman for The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Quincy, which was the birthplace of two of the nation's earliest ...