the loyalists and john adams john adams john adams. john adams is an interesting figure. he's the most loquacious founding father. there was a song and a musical once called sit down john because he would talk and talk and talk. which was the opposite of john hancock john hancock would run a good meeting, but he didn't talk much. he didn't have any any heirs either. so no family to glorify his reputation in future generations as john adams did. my favorite bostonian by the way, just to keep going on that for a minute is sam adams the true radical of the revolution. he's the hippie of the 18th century and when hancock and sam adams were racing to philadelphia during the british attack on boston to the continental congress. john hancock turned to sam adams that you can't go to philadelphia representing, massachusetts looking like that. so john hancock and tagonized santa's. by buying them a new suit and that became a political rivalry for the rest of their lives. that's the kind of thing. i live for when i'm doing my research. terrific terrific arm conflict is sometimes ref

the loyalists and john adams john adams john adams. john adams is an interesting figure. he's the most loquacious founding father. there was a song and a musical once called sit down john because he would talk and talk and talk. which was the opposite of john hancock john hancock would run a good meeting, but he didn't talk much. he didn't have any any heirs either. so no family to glorify his reputation in future generations as john adams did. my favorite bostonian by the way, just to keep going on that for a minute is sam adams the true radical of the revolution. he's the hippie of the 18th century and when hancock and sam adams were racing to philadelphia during the british attack on boston to the continental congress. john hancock turned to sam adams that you can't go to philadelphia representing, massachusetts looking like that. so john hancock and tagonized santa's. by buying them a new suit and that became a political rivalry for the rest of their lives. that's the kind of thing. i live for when i'm doing my research. terrific terrific arm conflict is sometimes ref

in doing so she followed a long and honorable tradition in the legal profession that began with john adams stepping forward in 1778 to represent the britise soldiers who committed the boston massacre because he feared that they would not receive a fair trial without adequate representation. by confirming judge jackson we will affirm the rights of those who cannot afford a lawyer or just as important as the rights of those who can pay lawyers charging $1000 an hour. that the rights of the indigent and powerless are just as important of those of the rich and the powerful. public defenders also experience first-hand and therefore understand better than other lawyers just how our justice system treats the accused. how treats people of color. how it treats low income people part everyday public defenders see the systemic biases and prejudices that permeate our criminal justice system. at a time when the united states holds more people behind bars than any other nation on earth including authoritarian regimes like north koreaco and china, te highest court in the land would greatly benefit from a

. ♪ >> hot oh john adams would you like some tea? >> don't mind if i brew?r ] ♪ >> and by the way, have you seen my kite >> as if you're never getting that thing back >> what about the electricity? >> benjamin franklin, i don't have all day i have to go back to see my family >> what family >> why, the adams family ♪ [ "addams family" theme plays [ light laughter ] that's my last name. ♪ [ light laughter ] >> steve: wow. [ applause ] i concur >> jimmy: i found it odd well, this is interesting. researchers in japan created a -- [ laughter ] what's the problem >> steve: i don't -- [ light laughter ] i don't know what that was supposed to be [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what do you think you saw? >> steve: i thought i saw -- >> jimmy: yeah >> steve: benjamin franklin -- >> jimmy: yeah >> steve: right? >> jimmy: hey, okay -- >> steve: john adams - >> jimmy: that's correct >> steve: -- chatting by a a modern day coffee station. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, like a -- like a keurig, or something >> steve: right? they're drinking in demitasse cups >> jimmy: yes. >> steve:

one of the most surprising names is john quincy adams. john quincy adams and he was a staunch anti-slavery advocate but slavery did touch his family while living in the white house, while he did not own slavery he had a niece and nephew they brought to live in the white house, and 12 presidents owned enslaved people in their lives, and including grant. so really as the white house -- the white house is the peoples' house, and i think it's really important to see that every american sees their stories reflected in the white house. their stories, their ancestors stories, they should be able to see themselves in the building. that speech by michelle obama caused a lot of people to head our way to look for more information about slavery in the white house, and we didn't have that information available at the time, and us launching our initiative is to correct that and add the voices to the narrative and put them in context with first ladies, first families and presidents themselves, and they are essential to history, and they are not just witn

he only he only talked about that in private and and didn't and not in public with john adams. yes. he they very famously rekindled their correspondence. they'd become good friends and it was here in france. actually adams was one of it was kind of an all-star lineup of diplomats when jefferson got there benjamin franklin and john adams were already there as ambassadors as ministers to france too. so he joined them and he they had you know, adams and jefferson had worked together in the continental continental congress. they bonded even more and and he with her whole family there in paris. he visited jefferson visited adams in england and they toured some of those english gardens together, so they were very close friends. they broke apart bitterly, you know over the politics of the 1790s and then in their retirement, they rekindled the correspondence. they did not talk about slavery almost never in in the letters and i suspect it was because atoms didn't bring it up because he knew this was a painful subject. it was one that jefferson didn't have a good answer for he didn't like conf

no, john adams.y may have had mixed breeds dogs including satan and a horse named cleopatra. they are going in the weeds with these questions, not my fault. i don't put them together. a dog named satan. dave smith, this is for you. which of these hollywood actresses did ronald reagan write about in his diary? vivian lee, patty mcdaniel, drew barrymore or whoopi goldberg? >> i'm sorry, what were the 21st ones? kennedy: vivian lee who played o'hara and patty mcdaniel who was also in the film. >> i'll go mcdaniel. kennedy: no. an excerpt from ronald reagan's diary from october 1984 reads, little drew barrymore, the child of 18 was one of the children i met, she's a nice little person. well. drew. [laughter] these questions are too hard. here we go, gary. which of these presidents only gave two speeches his entire presidency? grover cleveland, thomas jefferson, warren harding or donald trump? [laughter] >> two speeches? grover cleveland. kennedy: no. cleveland was a chatty box. no, it was thomas jefferso

john adams, when he visited philadelphia, he said there is a nice market and better charitable foundationshad adams known franklin was the one behind a lot of those, maybe he would have changed his mind. if franklin were alive today, he would be flattened to see his money still funding trades, kids who want to learn trades, he would be glad and to see his money helped build the franklin institute. he would be ecstatic to see the franklin trade schools still running in boston. would he wondered why it has someone else's name on it? maybe, but he would monday -- wonder why it has his name on it. maybe he would say it is great. susan: before we started, i told you we pulled one quote to read to you. it's from page 150. "franklin hoped his last will and testament would persuade americans, the dying wish of his fellow founders only amplified the uniqueness of this reflect -- request as well as their shared moral sailings. it can be hard to appreciate what a radical step this was, while in life, the six men grappled with the question what does america mean, only franklin felt compelled to contin

i am a biographer of john adams. and jefferson was complimentary to them, and he said i am glad it was you who was chosen to be the first minister to britain. when thomas jefferson, who was then the american minister to prance prabs france visited george the iii, turned his back on jefferson. >> i don't think that's true. jefferson's memory 40 years later in his biography is incorrect, he makes three or four factual statements in that and that can be proved not to be true, and it's in the book and you can take issue with it if you disagree, but i think once you read it, i really do think you will appreciate that he wasn't being rude to jefferson, even though jefferson needless to say jolly well deserved it after the paragraphs in the declaration of independence. at the time of the pact in congress, the virginian and south carolina linen. representation was on the cart if the americans wanted it, and it was too late because they had been fighting for three years. i don't think that you can claim the great wrong of no

i'm a biographer with john adams. when john visited the king, he was very complimentary to him but at the same time he said i'm very glad that it was you who were chosen to be the first minister to britain. when thomas jefferson who's been the american minister to france visited, george iii turned his back on jefferson. >> i don't believe that's true. i go into this in some detail. i think jefferson's memory 40 years later in his biography is incorrect. he makes three or four factual statements in that paragraph which can be proved not to be true. i think he was remembering with advantages, as shakespeare put it. i think once you read it, i really will appreciate that he wasn't being rude to jefferson even though jefferson jolly well deserved it with 28 clauses within the declaration of independence. your point about taxation without representation, that is the greatest of the crimes of the american revolution. however, at the time, the virginian and the south carolinian delegations were ordered by their provinces not

house and the names on that list are a little bit surprising one of the most surprising names is john quincy adams john quincy adams in his later career in the house of representatives was a staunch anti-slavery advocate. however slavery did touch his family and while living in the white house, although he did not own in slave people. he did have a niece and nephew that had enslaved people that they brought to live in the white house. so very surprising people you might not think of in total 12 presidents owned and slave people at some point in their lives. again, this list also includes some surprising names including ulysses s grant there is evidence. he owned an enslaved person in his younger days. so really as the white house the white house is the people's house. and i think it's really important to see that every american sees their stories reflected in the white house their stories their ancestors stories. they should be able to see themselves in the building that that speech by michelle obama caused a lot of people to come head our way to look for more information about slavery in the whit

nonetheless he basically claimed a new identity saying it was john adams wrote about george washington. for some reason they don't embrace this new identity. they still think of themselves as british subjects. so this question of who are you and how do you identifyor is crucial in something like this where there was this new country and it requires a politicalde identity. i say it's behind all sorts of aspects of history. who are you and how do you identify and who do you considered to be your allies and friends and who do you consider to be your enemy is? and the proposal of franklin in this was franklin saying that the british government is one that would have sense enougy to recognize that the future of the british empire actually lay in north america. franklin was probably one of america's first demographers and he could see that the population of north america was doubling every generation. this was a much more rapid approach that was happening in britain. we had to extrapolate out a few decades before there would be more englishmen living in north america. if the british could se

this evolution but nonetheless he'd basically claimed a new identity and the same was true with john adams and george washington and all the other patriots where is the loyalist for some reason which i will get into the dawn embraces new identity. they still think of themselves as british subjects so this question of who are you and how do you identify, this is crucial and especially crucial in something like this where there's this new country created and this new country requires a new political elite within the political identity but it's also behind all sorts of conflicts and other aspects of history. who are you and how do you identify? would you consider to be your allies and friends and would you consider to be your enemy so there's that aspect and you raise the proposal and this was franklin's fondest dream that the british government and london would have sense enough to recognize that the future of the british empire actually lay in north america or franklin had done some the demographic work in probably america's first demographer studying the growth of population he could see t

who were coming back and there's a wonderful story about john adams reuniting with his friend jonathan seward and they had their friendship had really broken up over the revolutionary war and then when it was over they saw each other and just gave each other a big hug at one point. i can't remember now whether this was well adams was in the uk or whether it was back on home ground, but you know, they there are these bonds of friendship and love and family that sometimes just you know, we're only temporarily broken by the revolution. it it is emotional when you start to think about it, really? talking us about you know that tension the tension of bonds. i want to get into the tension between the bond of breaking preservation and erasure and and that that tension right there and i want to start off with with eileen for this one to kind of address the tension between the preservation and erasure of the loyalists in american history how have loyalist writers and historians from the era been perceived from their time of writing to today has our perception of these storytellers changed over

she is the series editor for the papers of the john adams, part of the a adams papers part of a editor ial project based at the massachusetts historical sort. she is the author of "household gods" and frequently writes about early american thought anu culturein for the smithsonian. similar to ms. gochberg, she also received her ph.d. from boston university. so without further ado, please join me in welcoming ms. gochberg.. >> well, great, thank you so much, gavin, for that er introduction and thank you so much to all of you for being here tonight.ee i'm so grateful to the massachusetts historical society for hosting me and i am really n looking forward to my us conversation with sara. t i also especially want to thankc gavin and olivia for organizing this event. a it's a pleasure to be here and have a chance to share my work i on the history of museums with this community and i'm gratefulg to all of you for taking the time to listen in and join in on this conversation. so i'm just going to share my screen to get us started. i want to start out with a strange and perhaps surprising stor

john adams the first american ambassador to the court of st. james atson. james is and in the audience of june 1785 and he said this i will be very frank with you. i was the last to consent to the separation but the separation having been made and having become inevitable. i've always said and i say now that i would be the first to meet the friendship of the united states as an independent power. and he then 15 years later when george washington gave up the presidency in march 1797 said that george washington was the greatest character of the age. and i think i think those are those those two statements redound well to george the thirds memory. when one thinks of his legacy george third's legacy, of course the most powerful parts of it. it strikes me are in the modern monarchy. he had a an effect on the modern monarchy that i think it made him more important than the person who everybody else was every other historian a scribes the the modern monarchy to which is of course his granddaughter queen victoria, but he was actually george the third. who bought bu

that both men adams and jefferson passed away on the same exact day july 4th 1826 and while he was not present when his father died john quincy adams later recorded his father's last words three very poignant words thomas jefferson survives had no way of knowing that jefferson had died on the very same day. as americans then gathered across the country to honor the 50th anniversary of the declaration of independence news of adams and jefferson's passing spread. and what had begun as a month of celebration? is now one of mourning and commemoration. and his citizens began to listen to eulogy speeches and tributes. in churches government buildings and in public spaces and while jefferson and adams had their own opinions and how they should be remembered it would be up to those living in 1826 and successive generations even up till now to define and to shape their memory. will presidential sites such as yours are frequently called upon to discuss the legacies of people who have held the highest office in our country. and one way when very important way when iconic way as we all know these men will eventually die. and it's

she is a series editor for the papers of john adams part of the adams papers editorial project based at the massachusetts historical society. she is the author of household gods. the religious lives the addams family and frequently writes about early america early american thought and culture for the smithsonian. um similar to whichberg. she also receives her phd from boston university. so without further ado, please join me and welcoming miss kochberg well, great. thank you so much gavin for that introduction and thank you so much to all of you for being here tonight. i'm so grateful to the massachusetts historical society for hosting me and i'm really looking forward to my conversation with sarah georgini, and i also especially want to thank gavin please fees and olivia saya for organizing this event. it's really just a pleasure to be here and have the chance to share my work on the history of museums with this community, and i'm really grateful to all of you for taking the time to listen in and join in this conversation. so i'm just gonna share my screen screen to get us started.

any thoughts about abigail and john adams? and moving into the white house? >> they are the first cup toll move into the white house. nobody stayed terribly long. they weren't impressed. i think abigail embodies another part of the partnership. she wasn't interested in what they would call presiding. she adopted martha's ceremonies dutifully, but the role she played was as an adviser. she was really was hr husband's closest adviser. and in the spirit of republican virtue, john adams made the terrible discussion not to change his cabinet. so he ended up with a cabinet full of traitors. so he would have always relied on abigail, but in that particular circumstance, she was his closest adviser. >> and that's fascinating you're mentioning that because really coming up to modern first ladies and contemporary first ladies in terms of personnel issues. we know that nancy reagan so important on issues of personnel. never afraid to tell her husband. that person should go or that person is not good for you. so it clearly starts at the very beginning in that kind of adv

john adams his new book, which he read from last night. i love the idea of americans reading about our american heroes our his new book about our second president. it's so instructive to all of us. and and so i hope people will read that book, but i hope they'll also read a lot of other american history books. we have great children's writers here today chris curtis who was the first and mayor african-american to win the newberry award is here reading from his book. we have a number of storybook characters. i said earlier. somebody told me they could tell i was from the south because i said you can get your picture made with clifford the big red dog. so i hope people come out and do that as we close out our look at laura bush. she unveils her official portrait at the smithsonian's national portrait gallery. this was only weeks before the bushes left washington to return home to texas. so if the first lady would please join me in the unveiling of her portrait for the national portrait gall. hey, you ready? visiting this smithsonian museums

but any thoughts about abigail and john adams and moving into the white house? >> well, yes, and they were the first couple to move into the white house. nobody stayed terribly long. i think abigail embodies another part of the partnership that diane is talking about. she wasn't interested in presiding, so she adopted martha's ceremonies rather beautifully. but the role abigail played was that of adviser. she really was her husband's closest adviser. and in the spirit of republican virtue, john adams made the terrible decision not to change his cabinet, so he ended up with a cabinet of -- let's just call them traitors all working behind his back. he relied on abigail, but in that particular circumstance, she was his adviser. >> that's interesting that you're mentioning that cabinet because in terms of personnel issues, we know for example that nancy reagan, so important on issues of personnel and never afraid to tell her husband, that person should go or that person is not good for you. so it clearly starts at the very beginning in that kind of advisory capacity

together the constitution but of course in a way they did but any thoughts about abigail and and john adams and and moving into the white house. well, yes, and there are the first couple to move into the white house. nobody stayed terribly long. they weren't impressed. i think abigail in some ways embodies another part of the partnership that diana is talking about she really wasn't interested in what they would call presiding. so she adopted martha's innovations and ceremonies rather dutifully, but the role that abigail played was really that of advisor. she really was her husband's closest. sir, and in the spirit of republican virtue, that's small our republican virtue john adams made the terrible decision not to change his cabinet. so he ended up the cabinet full of let's just called them traders all working behind his back so he would have always relied on abigail but in that particular circumstance, she really was his very closest advisor and that's fascinating that you're mentioning that catherine because really coming up to modern first ladies and contemporary first ladies in terms o

any thoughts about abigail and john adams? >> and moving into the white house. well, yes. and they were the first couple to move into the white house. but nobody state terribly long. it went impressed. i think abigail, in some ways, embodies another part of partnership that diana is talking about. she really wasn't interested in what they would call presiding. so, she adopted mergers innovations and ceremonies rather dutifully, but the role that abigail played was really that of advisor. she really was her husband's closest adviser. and in the spirit of republican virtue, that's well republican virtue, john adams made a terrible decision not to change his cabinet, so he ended up with a cabinet full of [inaudible] coal traders all working behind his back, that he was always relying on abigail, but in that particular circumstance, she really was his very closest adviser. >> and that's fascinating that you mentioned that, catherine. because really, coming up to muttered first ladies and contemporary first ladies in terms of personnel issues, we know for example that nancy rea

president biden is arguably the most anti- free speech president since john adams.as president, really assault on free speech calling for censorship and this appointment is sort of the manifestation of his position on free speech. she is a nightmare for free speech, a great advocate for corporate censorship, she's been an advocate for barring conservative media from platforms. she's also been someone who has spread disinformation. i think they have a serious misstep but from within the biden administration, she's very consistent with the position of the president himself, which is appallingly bad on free speech. molly: i would like more information on this board but we appreciate your insight. thank you for joining us. jonathan turley, thanks. authorities on the ground in kansas, they will take years to recover from last night tornadoes. the damage and shelters from the storm. ♪♪ severe storms tearing through kansas leaving a trail of destruction and thousands without power. state of emergency declared in some parts of kansas, friday night storm swept across the sta

his son was older than thomas jefferson and john adams and patrick henry and james madison.e the country together. i mean, she as responsible as washington for us being here, for us being us and the u.s. >> what were the three countries -- this is my teacher-- what were the three countries that wouldn't signed the declaration of independence. >> the state. >> the three states. >> it was one constituent that held off. 12 of the 13 colonies signed up for it. but one took a few more days, new york, to decide to sign it. >> but they also didn't want to because they didn't want to give up slavery. >> so-- so-- that's the constit. >> the constitution. >> give me a break. >> stephen: that's constitution, the declaration is the one where franklin put the treasure map on the back. >> right, oh, right. no, the treasure map is on the front. and jefferson-- >> you got it wrong! >> jefferson-- jefferson sends the first draft to franklin, right. and he says, we hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable." and franklin goes, "uh-uh. this is beautiful, but we're in the enlightenment, bud

perhaps one of the most divisive elections in our nation's history was the election hundred president john adams ultimately lost to vice president thomas jefferson. and while the transfer of power was ultimately peaceful. adams did forego his successors inauguration. i think that's also happened another time or two, but i won't bring that up. and those two men actually remained at odds for many many

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john adams. i love the idea of americans reading about our american heroes. i hope people will read that book. i hope they will read a lot of other american history books. we have great children writers here today. chris kurtis is here reading from his bok. we have a number of storybook characters. they said they could tell i'm from the south because i said you can get your picture made with clifford the big red dog. >> she unveils her official portrait. this was only weeks before the bush's left washington to return home to texas. >> visiting the smithsonian mu -- museums have been within of my favorite past times. my motto is the sooner the better. with so many familiar faces here today, it gives me the opportunity to thank all of you for your support and friendship. president bush and i had such a special privilege of being able to represent the people of the united states. we'll return to texas with memories of our friends, staff and our time at the white house. thank you for joining us at this moment of reflection and celebration. may god bless you all.

and get this, that home was once owned by descendant of signer of declaration independence and john adamspast week the mansion became a shining symbol of democracy and human rights thanks to a brass move by a new york ukrainian activist group. defiance against the war in ukraine. ukrainian protestors lid up the townhouse with the ukrainian flag. the mansion bathed in yellow and blue colors, new york-base nonprofit charity. protestors not only projected the flag but also antiputin slogans, #put kin is a war criminal and #zelenskyy is a hero. >> the message would be to stop lying. you lie too much and too many things have happened because of your lies. be the man and speak out. eric: the russians bought the mansion in 2008 for $35 million but there's no sign of it, no russian flag, no brass plaque and the parking sign simply says no standing, not the diplomatic zone you would expect. the reasons say observers to hide who lives here. he blames ukraine for the war and the bucha massacre as staged and used russian veto in the security council to protect putin and propaganda. >> criminal -- war