John Adams found himself on the wrong side of history in 1789 and paid a price for it. As vice president of the United States ...
American presidents have long tested the bounds of First Amendment protections. From John Adams enforcing the Sedition Act that criminalized critical speech, to Woodrow Wilson suppressing anti-war ...
On March 4, 1801, John Adams rose before dawn. It was his last day as president, and he was leaving Washington in defeat. Adams had no intention of staying for the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson, ...
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What John Adams and his family can teach America today, according to this presidential historian
In late March, Kurt Graham gave the Howard R. Driggs Memorial Lecture at Southern Utah University, telling students about his own personal Mount Rushmore, which would feature presidents John Adams, ...
With the 1824 election approaching, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams probably thought he was President James Monroe’s likely successor. Both James Madison in 1808, and Monroe in 1816, had moved ...
This Saturday marks the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which ignited the American Revolution. And, since this single day also marks the beginning of the military path that ...
Heated elections, fraught presidential transitions, and strategic maneuvering for lame-duck appointments are nothing new in American politics—even in situations that historians deem to be dramatically ...
John Adams, president of the Virginia Military Institute’s board of visitors, abruptly resigned Thursday, according to a VMI spokesperson, weeks ahead of the board’s first full meeting since it voted ...
The couple’s letters provide an extraordinary window on the revolt brewing 250 years ago. June 3, 2025 at 5:45 a.m. EDTToday at 5:45 a.m. EDT Warning: This graphic ...
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