After John Wood and Willard Keyes settled on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River in the 1820s, they petitioned the Illinois Legislature to create “Adams County”, with their founding village of ...

John Quincy Adams was elected sixth President of the United States in 1824 and occupied that office from 1825 to 1829; in 1830 he was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives, and served there ...

Throughout my life, I have learned that we each get but one true choice: what we are willing to give our lives for. Alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and countless others, I chose to dedicate ...

John Quincy Adams was a political prodigy, the son of the second president of the United States, a noted diplomat and secretary of state, a gifted political writer who served George Washington, a ...

QUINCY — John Adams and his son, John Quincy Adams, are not on the presidential pantheon of Mount Rushmore, and many people might struggle to name their most notable achievements. Their remains lie in ...

QUINCY — A July symposium will focus on the namesake of Quincy and Adams County. The Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County organized a John Quincy Adams Celebration featuring presentations and ...

QUINCY ‒ Tour guide Tom Welch has stood many times in the Adams Family crypt at the United First Parish Church and told the sad story of how John Quincy Adams and his wife, Louisa Catherine, lost ...

A new park honoring John Quincy Adams is being built in his native Quincy on the former site of Acapulco's Family Restaurant and Cantina. The park will feature a bronze statue of Adams, along with ...