John and Abigail Adams knew where American history was headed The couple’s letters provide an extraordinary window on the revolt brewing 250 years ago. June 3, 2025 at 5:45 a.m. EDT Today at 5: ...

John Adams rose to prominence in 1770, when he defended eight British soldiers who were charged with murder after they fired into a group of Bostonians, killing five and wounding six others.

John Adams was the father to six children, four of whom lived to adulthood. John’s commitment to our nation and his family is worthy of honor as we prepare to celebrate our country’s 250th ...

However, John Quincy Adams, unlike his father, enjoyed a second act in public life. Elected to Congress as a representative from Massachusetts in 1830, he became known as a staunch antislavery ...

This journey was, in part, guided by one of America’s earliest champions of liberty – John Adams, a man who shaped not only his own time but laid the foundations for justice that resonate today.

Ad Policy John Adams in Barcelona, Spain, 2023. (Mario Wurzburger / Getty Images) Opening night of the Metropolitan Opera’s 2014 production of The Death of Klinghoffer was met by a phalanx of ...