Teddy Roosevelt on Lincoln’s (and his daughter’s) Birthday (video)
February 12 – Theodore Roosevelt celebrates the birth of two very different influences: Abraham Lincoln and his daughter Alice.
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January 27 – John Marshall becomes Chief Justice (video)
Chief Justice John Marshall is confirmed by the United States Senate. More from John Adams.
Keep on reading...January 15 – Adams meets the Sons of Liberty (video)
January 15 – John Adams meets the Sons of LibertyJanuary 15 – John Adams meets the Sons of Liberty Adams is invited to attend a meeting of one of the more infamous groups in Boston during the 1700s: the Sons of Liberty. More from John Adams: play “I was invited by Crafts and Trott, to go and […]
Keep on reading...January 1 – first New Years at the White House (video)
October 2 – John Adams on Samuel Adams(& not the Beer) January 1 – First New Year’s Day at the White House Journals of the Continental Congress, November 7, 1777Imagine having to host a housewarming – where the house is not warm, or even completely a house. Welcome to John and Abigail Adams’ New Year’s Day […]
Keep on reading...December 11 – an (eventual) end to Quasi-war with France (video)
October 2 – John Adams on Samuel Adams(& not the Beer) December 11- An (eventual) end to war with France John Adams’ presidency was marked by two unwanted difficulties: the rising and crystallizing of political parties, and an undeclared war with France. The latter was made much more difficult by the former.More from John Adams: play […]
Keep on reading...November 27- Adams sent to France (video)
October 2 – John Adams on Samuel Adams(& not the Beer) November 27 – John Adams sent to France(for the first time) “Ordered, that Mr. Samuel Adams, and Mr. J Adams, have leave of absence to visit their families… Journals of the Continental Congress, November 7, 1777John Adams had been working as a delegate to the […]
Keep on reading...November 13 – Adams (begrudgingly) returns to France (video)
October 2 – John Adams on Samuel Adams(& not the Beer) November 13 – John Adams Returns to France(Reluctantly) “I have just sent Mr. Thaxter, Johnny and Stephens with the Things on Board. I shall go with Charles at four O Clock. It is now three.” to Abigail Adams, November 13, 1779John Adams was on a […]
Keep on reading...October 30 – Happy Birthday John Adams! (video)
“The Day of the Month reminds me of my Birth day, which will be on the 30th. I was born Octr. 19. 1735. Thirty Seven Years, more than half the Life of Man, are run out.—What an Atom, an Animalcule I am!” Diary, October 19, 1772 Birthdays were not celebrated the way we currently do. […]
Keep on reading...October 2 – John Adams on Samuel Adams (video)
October 2 – John Adams on Samuel Adams(& not the Beer) October 2 – John Adams on Samuel Adams(& not the Beer) “Without the character of Samuel Adams the true history of the American Revolution can never be written;” to William Tudor, Sr., June 17, 1817John and Samuel Adams were nearly thirteen years apart, and second […]
Keep on reading...September 25 – A Bill of Rights (video)
September 25:- A Bill of Rights ”What think you of a Declaration of Rights? Should not such a Thing have preceded the Model?” to Thomas Jefferson, November 10, 1787John Adams knew something about compromise. It is what he had to fashion among the delegates of the Continental Congress in order to achieve Independence. The Constitutional […]
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