When President John Adams died on July 4, 1826, the moment was rife with bizarre coincidences. Not only had the Founding Father died on the Fourth of July, but he also perished on the same exact day ...

Graham grew up in Cowley, Wyoming, a town with fewer than 900 residents, close to the Montana border. His father was in the Navy, and so the family moved around, but they called Wyoming home.

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 ...

John Quincy Adams served as President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. Adams, defeated, returned to public life with his election to the House of Representatives in 1830.

Cushman said in addition to a statue of Adams, the planned memorial would honor the whole Adams family, including Abigail and John Quincy Adams who would later serve as the sixth president.

When he was young, John Quincy Adams was told by his father, President John Adams, “If you do not rise to the head of your country…it will be owing to your own laziness….” At age 26, John ...

In 1788, when John Adams returned from Europe to a hero's welcome, ... His Highness, the President Adams' primary role as vice president was as president of the Senate.

Kurt Graham, president of the Adams Presidential Center, poses for a portrait in the Hancock Adams Common in Quincy, Mass., on May 13, 2025. | Adam Glanzman, for the Deseret N ...