here is an overview of the twists and turns in their gnarled family tree. The first family of horror centers first and ...

John Adams was many things: lawyer, diplomat, member of the Continental Congress, and one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in ...

John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, in Braintree, Massachusetts. His father, a farmer and deacon, hoped that Adams would enter the clergy, but his Harvard professors thought his propensity ...

Between 1778 and 1788, John Adams served his country as a diplomat in France, the Netherlands, and Great Britain. His independent, unbending temperament was not ideal for diplomacy, and his ...

There is currently no memorial to John Adams, John Quincy Adams and their family in Washington. Congress authorized the Adams Memorial Commission to fix this oversight. I serve as the chair of the ...