John Adams was a visionary. Who’d have thought — all these years later — that the fledgling nation he helped create would still be going strong and shining bright as the fireworks that will be ...

In 1788, when John Adams returned from Europe to a hero's welcome, he came home to limitless possibilities. ... As early as 1791, their friendship began to erode because of partisan differences.

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson will always be linked, as Founding Fathers and presidents. They even died on the same day — July 4, 1826. At the Continental Congress and on diplomatic missions ...