‘Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic’ By Lindsay M. Chervinsky Oxford University Press, 440 pages In 1797, John Adams became the second American president, ...

The Adams family’s commitment to these principles did not end with John Adams. His son, John Quincy Adams, carried his father’s torch into an era marked by one of our nation’s most painful ...

This Father’s Day, let us honor John Adams as not only one of America’s founding fathers, but as a father who wanted to secure a bright future for his children and for the children of other ...

If he did, he could learn a lot about not only what it means to be president, but what the presidency means. Tribune News Service columnist John M. Crisp can be reached at jcrispcolumns@gmail.com.

American astronomy thrives today largely because of the underpinnings achieved by John Quincy Adams in his far-reaching “light-houses of the skies” campaign.

The Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County organized a John Quincy Adams Celebration featuring presentations and music starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 19 at the Armory, 416 Jersey.

Abigail Adams had taken her eldest son, John Quincy, just shy of his eighth birthday, to view the distant battle from the top of Penn’s Hill near the family farm in Braintree (now Quincy).

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 ...