Browsing: John Adams Historical Landmarks

John Adams birthplace and homes are located in the Adams National Historical Park in Quincy, Massachusetts. Click here for directions to the park. The Adams National Park offers guided tours that leave form the Visitor Center every quarter past and quarter to the hours. The last tour departs at 3:15 pm. Visitors are taken by trolley to the presidential birthplaces of John Adams and John Quincy Adams as well as Peacefield. Hours: Daily, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 19-November 10. Admission: $5 for adults, children 16 and under are free. Adams National Historical Park Visitor Center  (view map) 1250…

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In 1822 when John Adams was 86 years old he deeded his extensive collection of books of nearly 3,000 volumes to the Town of Quincy, Massachusetts. The library had six different locations before it found its final site at the Boston Public Library. In 1822 the collection was stored in an outbuilding near the Old House awaiting the construction of the Adams Academy.  In 1844 the new Quincy Town Hall was built and the Adams Library was transferred to the second floor. In 1851 a fire destroyed part of the City Hall but the books were saved as they were…

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The United States Mint started issuing Presidential $1 coins in 2007 until 2011. As a result of a large stockpile of unused $1 coins the US Mint stopped minting them in 2011. Today the Presidential coins are being minted for collectors. They feature the image of one president, in the order that they served. The first issue was in 2007 with Presidents Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Madison. On the obverse of the coin is the image of President John Adams and “John Adams”  inscripted on top and at the bottom “Second President 1797-1801”. At the reverse is a design of…

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The Boston Massacre marker represents the location of the historical event known as the  when five civilians were killed by British troops. It was the second president of the United States, John Adams, who defended the soldiers who killed the five civilians. The marker is located in the corner of State and Devonshire Streets (see map). It is a ring of cobblestones with the center stone marked with a star and it is surrounded by a bronze ring with the inscription “Site of the Boston Massacre” on the top and on the bottom “March 5, 1770”. The current Boston…

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