The Adams Academy on Monday afternoon, August 11, 2014 in Quincy. (Photo by Zack Wittman for The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Quincy, which was the birthplace of two of the nation's earliest ...

Officials in Quincy on Tuesday announced a plan for the creation of a new museum and civic center honoring presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, both natives of the historic city.

The city plans to use land next to the Adams Academy building – built at the birthplace of John Hancock using money left by John Adams to the city – for the center. Quincy is engaged in a ...

His son, John Quincy Adams, was sworn in as president on March 4, 1825. The Adams family holds a unique distinction in American history as the first father and son to both serve as president of ...

However, John Quincy Adams, unlike his father, enjoyed a second act in public life. Elected to Congress as a representative from Massachusetts in 1830, he became known as a staunch antislavery ...

Born to John and Abigail Adams on July 11, 1767, in Braintree (now Quincy), Mass., John Quincy Adams was immersed in the Enlightenment values embraced by both of his parents.