Fun Fact...July 2 is the day the Colonial delegates actually voted for independence. July 4th was the day they ratified the Declaration of Independence.
John Adams was so sure July 2 was going to be the day we would all remember for years to come, he wrote about it in a letter to his wife Abigail marking the date specifically. However, because the Declaration of Independence is what we actually remember, July 4 is our Independence Day.
Our National Parks are one of those treasures we take for granted. For the cost of $10 (cheaper than a movie ticket) you can take a two tour of the park. The John Adams NHP is a short 10 miles from Boston or 10 minutes on the "T" from South Station.
John Adams father (Deacon John Adams) purchased the house in the 1700's. Deacon John wanted his son to be a minister, but John Adams became part of the "Enlightenment" movement while studying at Harvard and chose the law instead. He took on many cases and created quite a name for himself as a Massachusetts lawyer, writing the Massachusetts constitution which is still law today. These two houses are the oldest birthplaces of U.S. presidents in the U.S.
John Quincy Adams was born in the house John and Abigail Adams moved into on the wedding October 1764. The Adams house is only a few feet away from his birthplace and was left to him by his father. John and Abigail had four children in the house and lived there for 20 years. Abigail moved their belongings from the house when John Adams was in France working to secure French aid for the war. Once she moved to France and then England when Adams was made the first ambassador to England, they never moved back to the house.
In England, they saw that land not too far from their farm was available, and for the purchase price of about $1,200, they bought and named the 200 acres, and moved into the house when they returned from England in 1788. John Adams named Peace Field after the peace treaty he was responsible for crafting.
Four generations lived in Peace Field until Brooks Adams died in 1927. In 1946, the National Park service took over the land which is only about 5 acres now.
John Quincy Adams, his son Charles Francis Adams and his son, Brooks Adams all built editions onto the house which has over 12 bedrooms and servants quarters. The Adams' were mainly middle class people until Charles Francis Adams (John Quincy's son) married a wealthy woman, Abigail Brooks Adams.
Unfortunately the wealth didn't last as in the late 1800's many of their holdings were lost in financial markets and the family started to sell off the land. John Quincy Adams was our 6th president and one of the most scholarly presidents we have every had in the position. His wife Louisa was at the time, the only wife of a president that was not born in the States (Melania Trump is the second).
John Quincy could speak 12 languages and over his years as an Ambassador in Europe (several posts) and travels as a president, he gained over 8,000 books. He asked his wealthy son, Charles Francis to build him a library. Charles was in his own right a politician as the U.S. Ambassador at London (1861-1868) and didn't get to the library until after John Quincy's death. The library holds over 12,000 books is and is the first known President's Library. This is John Quincy Adams 250th birth year.
John Adams was so sure July 2 was going to be the day we would all remember for years to come, he wrote about it in a letter to his wife Abigail marking the date specifically. However, because the Declaration of Independence is what we actually remember, July 4 is our Independence Day.
Our National Parks are one of those treasures we take for granted. For the cost of $10 (cheaper than a movie ticket) you can take a two tour of the park. The John Adams NHP is a short 10 miles from Boston or 10 minutes on the "T" from South Station.
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| John Adams Birthplace
The first stop on the two hour tour is at John Adams, first vice president and second president of the U.S., birth house which sits right next to the John Quincy Adams (John's son) birth house. The house are still in tact and sit on the road from Boston to Plymouth. The only difference is the land around the houses have now been sold and built up. In the day of John Adams, you could actually see the ocean from the farm around the houses.
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John Adams father (Deacon John Adams) purchased the house in the 1700's. Deacon John wanted his son to be a minister, but John Adams became part of the "Enlightenment" movement while studying at Harvard and chose the law instead. He took on many cases and created quite a name for himself as a Massachusetts lawyer, writing the Massachusetts constitution which is still law today. These two houses are the oldest birthplaces of U.S. presidents in the U.S.
John Quincy Adams was born in the house John and Abigail Adams moved into on the wedding October 1764. The Adams house is only a few feet away from his birthplace and was left to him by his father. John and Abigail had four children in the house and lived there for 20 years. Abigail moved their belongings from the house when John Adams was in France working to secure French aid for the war. Once she moved to France and then England when Adams was made the first ambassador to England, they never moved back to the house.
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| Peace Field |
In England, they saw that land not too far from their farm was available, and for the purchase price of about $1,200, they bought and named the 200 acres, and moved into the house when they returned from England in 1788. John Adams named Peace Field after the peace treaty he was responsible for crafting.
John Quincy Adams, his son Charles Francis Adams and his son, Brooks Adams all built editions onto the house which has over 12 bedrooms and servants quarters. The Adams' were mainly middle class people until Charles Francis Adams (John Quincy's son) married a wealthy woman, Abigail Brooks Adams.
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| John Quincy Adams Library (left) |
John Quincy could speak 12 languages and over his years as an Ambassador in Europe (several posts) and travels as a president, he gained over 8,000 books. He asked his wealthy son, Charles Francis to build him a library. Charles was in his own right a politician as the U.S. Ambassador at London (1861-1868) and didn't get to the library until after John Quincy's death. The library holds over 12,000 books is and is the first known President's Library. This is John Quincy Adams 250th birth year.
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| John Quincy Adams Library Entrance |
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| Peace Field |
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