It is an occasion for American citizens to deepen their understanding of their independence and the principles of the republic.

Abigail Adams is now the second woman to have a portrait permanently hung in the State House. “I remember the first time I walked to the State House after being elected,” said Spilka.

When John Adams sailed to France to negotiate a treaty of peace at the end of the war, Jefferson wondered with whom he would side. ... a portrait Hancock most likely commissioned.

BOSTON — As she unveiled a portrait of early women’s rights advocate Abigail Adams on Friday, Senate President Karen Spilka announced an open call to the people of Massachusetts to nominate t… ...

Released March 11th, 2011, 'Hail Bop A Portrait of John Adams' stars John Adams, Peter Sellars, Alice Goodman, Emanuel Ax The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 38 min, ...

John Adams was assigned the duty of negotiating peace with Great Britain in 1779, two years before George Washington's victory at Yorktown gave the envoy a position of strength.

In fact, the oldest existing photograph of a president is a daguerreotype Adams sat for in 1843, now in the collection of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. Yet Adams never warmed to ...