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A collection of Confederate generals, including Jefferson Davis, composed by the United States between 1861 and 1865, who ...

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Kurt Graham is the founding president of the Adams Presidential Center ... which would feature presidents John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Harry S. Truman and George W. Bush. “I didn’t pick these ...

KMBC NINE’S ALAN SHOPE HAS A LOOK AT HOW PEOPLE CELEBRATED PRESIDENT TRUMAN’S 141ST BIRTHDAY. MR. TRUMAN SAID IT WAS THE BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT HE EVER RECEIVED. TRUMAN HISTORIAN JOHN PRITCHARD ...

Perhaps the clearest examples of distinguished public careers taking a back seat to a mixed legacy as president are those of John and John Quincy Adams. Although John Adams has been the subject of ...

The Adams family — John, Abigail, and their descendants, including the nation’s sixth president, John Quincy Adams — embodied the intellectual fortitude and moral courage that defined ...

John Adams, my favorite president, is often overlooked among the pantheon of Founding Fathers, but his impact on American ideals of freedom and democracy is profound. Adams believed passionately ...