Last time in these pages, I wrote about the sharp division within George Washington’s Presidential administration, that between Alexander Hamilton, founder of the Federalist Party, and Thomas ...

Napoleon Sarony, “The Declaration of Independence,” 1843–1853. Harry T. Peters, “America on Stone.” Lithography Collection. Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History This hand-colored ...

The day salutes the founding of the city and county and honors the country’s sixth president for whom Quincy and Adams County ...

John Adams praised his “accurate Judgment, in Cases of Difficulty” and described him as “one of the most sensible men in the world.” Sherman and his committee drafted what came to be known as the ...

When Americans celebrate the Fourth of July, we imagine fireworks, flags and a dramatic reading of the Declaration of ...

When John Adams penned a letter to future first lady Abigail Adams on July 3, 1776, he guessed how future generations of ...

The Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum will present the second annual historic reenactment of Susan B. Anthony's 1876 speech, "The Declaration of the Rights of Women of the United States," ...

In fact, when John and his wife, Abigail Adams, moved in in 1800, the White House was barely finished. The house was kept ...