ADAMS NPS

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We celebrate President's Day everyday at @ADAMSNHP. Please enjoy this virtual exhibit highlighting the Presidents and their wives.
https://t.co/eowBinQfk4
#JohnQuincyAdams #AbigailAdams #LouisaCatherineAdams #PresidentsDay

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@JQAdams_MHS and....OTD in 1825, the House elected Secretary of State John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) the nation’s sixth president.

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"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor;it must be demanded by the oppressed.”~Martin Luther King Jr. So happy his birthplace is part of theNPS #MLKJr @MLKJrNHPNPS “a memorial to one of the most influential forces in the fight forcivilrights https://t.co/1MLN8PJB6F

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John Adams was very proud of his negotiation skills in creating this Treaty and we are grateful for his tenacity!!#REV250

Continental Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris, ending the American Revolution https://t.co/YdGNA35oX4

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The Adams National Historical Park Visitor Center and Headquarters will be closed on Friday, January 7, due to winter storm conditions.

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#NationalBirdDay, while we have many beautiful species of birds visit or make their home in @ADAMSNPS, we wanted to share a picture of the cutest ones. These baby ducklings were found wandering the grounds. #AdamsNHP#BirdYourWorld #NationalBirdDay#FindYourPark #EncuentraTuParque

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@plodwithme @lmchervinsky @markcheathem @carafinnegan @THEJeffBelanger @7thpresident Thank you, Howard. Keep up the detective work and great historical research!!!

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“...This Destruction of the Tea is so bold...I cant but consider it as an Epocha in History.” John Adams https://t.co/rwFB9neP8O source: The Adams Papers, Diary and Autobiography of John Adams,v.2, 1771–1781,ed. L. H. Butterfield. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press,1961.

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#OTD The anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. John Adams missed it as he was out of town that night, but he wrote about it in his diary the following day.....

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#OTD The anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. John Adams missed it as he was out of town that night, but he wrote about it in his diary the following day.....

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#OTD The anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. John Adams missed it as he was out of town that night, but he wrote about it in his diary the following day.....

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OTD National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Every year, remembrance events are held at our fellow NPS site Pearl Harbor National Memorial to commemorate the 2,403 service members and civilians who were killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. https://t.co/oi6m0M71By

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DYK there is a Rosa Parks Museum at Troy University? Check it out on #RosaParksDay.

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The Visitor Center is closed today in recognition of the federal holiday. Feel free to walk the grounds and be respectful of any turkeys you might encounter!!

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However you chose to recognize this day, we want to acknowledge that here in Quincy we are on the ancestral lands of the Wampanoag, Pokanoket, and Massachusetts Peoples. The link below will show you the many tribes associated with this area. https://t.co/XPCY3uXnCm

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The weather is getting colder as we move farther into fall. We have in our collection a warming pan that was gifted to John and Abigail on their wedding day. Abigail’s name and the wedding date are inscribed on the center of the pan. #Rev250 #Abigailadams

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”Before I end my Letter I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.” ~ 2, Nov. 1800. John Adams to Abigail, Presidents House, Washington City

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October 27, 2021 - NATIONAL CIVICS DAY - NATIONAL BLACK CAT DAY – NAVY DAY – NATIONAL AMERICAN BEER DAY https://t.co/3iHo3jBVG9
@ADAMSNPS celebrates teaching Civics and the Navy every day.....and some of John's ancestors were Maltsters!!!

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Listening in and thinking about questions….Are we thinking/telling enough of the history in our Park??

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Don't forget to register for our event tom, Oct 26 at 6:30, "Questioning Our Storied Past." Listen as our panelists discuss national narratives, how they are made, and why they matter. Registration is required, but free.
https://t.co/6OVc7xXZFh

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“....I know how closely entwined arround a parents heart, are those Chords which bind the filial to the parental Bosom, and when snaped assunder, how agonizing the pangs of seperation I have tasted of the bitter cup....”AbigailAdamstoThomasJefferson, 20May1804.#ReflectionsonLoss