Lawyer, statesman, president, gadfly, New Englander: John Adams was a lot of things, but boring wasn't one of them. Here are some interesting facts about Mr. Adams. 1. None of Adams’ family ...

That was John Adams: a paradox of principle, born in 1735. He was a Harvard graduate and patriot who became America’s first vice president and second commander-in-chief. Adams ruled America amid ...

He wrote to Abigail that "the second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America." The ...

John Adams lacked George Washington's impressive height and powerful physical presence. He didn't have the ready wit, charm and inventiveness of Benjamin Franklin. He wasn't the obviously ...

Achievement is most satisfying when the stakes are high. For the cast and creators of HBO’s “John Adams,” the miniseries version of David McCullough’s Pulitzer Prize-winning… ...

John Adams' "Hallelujah Junction" — a lively ride through an American composer's life.

Here are 10 fascinating and perhaps less known facts about John Adams and John Quincy Adams. Quincy's Winterfest: February vacation: Life-size dinosaurs, igloos, U2 cover band at Quincy's Winterfest ...

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.

John Adams and Abigail Adams had six children together, four of whom lived to adulthood. One daughter, Susanna, died at the age of 1, while another daughter, Elizabeth, was stillborn in 1777. In ...