John Adams plaque
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John Adams Crypt
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United First Parish Church (crypt is below the church)

John Adams was a founding father and the second president of the United States. He also served as George Washington’s vice president before he became president. He was a huge champion of independence from England and helped Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence. Adams was well educated having graduated from Harvard. He taught school shortly after he received his degree. Eventually he turned to law receiving another degree from Harvard and entering the law bar after he received he graduated.

Adams was chosen to represent Massachusetts in the Continental Congress and was a radical supporter of a union among the colonies. After the Declaration of Independence, Adams was chosen to represent the fledging government in Europe on two occasions: 1777 and 1779. Adams returned to the US and after Independence from England he wrote the Massachusetts constitution. He stood for one term as president losing to Thomas Jefferson when he ran for a second term in 1800. He died on the countries 50th Independence Day (July 4th, 1826) the same day Thomas Jefferson passed away.

Adams married Abigail Smith and they had six children. One of their sons, John Quincy Adams, became the sixth president of the United States.
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John Adams

John Adams (October 30, 1735 (O.S. October 19, 1735)  – July 4, 1826) was the second President of the United States (1797–1801), having earlier served as the first Vice President of the United States. An American Founding Father, he was a statesman, diplomat, and a leader of American independence from Great Britain. Well educated, he was an Enlightenment political theorist who promoted republicanism and wrote prolifically about his often seminal ideas, both in published works and in letters to his wife and key adviser Abigail as well as to other Founding Fathers.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Adams
• McCullough, D., 2006, 1776: Simon and Schuster, 400p.