John Adams probably has never been the first Founding Father to leap to mind. As evidence, he was the sixth in this series of ...

A government of laws, not of men,” reads the phrase that lit up the side of the Justice Department on Tuesday.

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The Quincy community is honoring law enforcement officers who've died while on the job. For Peace Officer Memorial Day, ...

John Quincy Adams was quite the multitasker. While serving in Congress as a senator for Massachusetts during the first decade of the 19th century, he also taught logic at Brown University and was the ...

Avett Brothers fans and followers are not surprised that Bob Crawford, the band’s bassist, produced a serious work of American history. Crawford's intellectual curiosity led him to earn a master's ...

LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. (WAFB) - The name on the jail roster may sound like it belongs in a history book, but deputies in Livingston Parish say the man they arrested is not the nation’s sixth president ...

Author, podcast host and musician Bob Crawford joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book 'America's Founding Son: John Quincy Adams, from President to Political Maverick'. Liz Warren in disbelief ...

Bob Crawford is best known as the bassist for the Avett Brothers. But he's also the author of a new book about the political career of John Quincy Adams. Crawford joins "The Takeout" to discuss his ...

In 1825, Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave, Written by Himself became the first known fugitive-slave narrative in American history. Although earlier autobiographical accounts of slavery had ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The words beach read and John Quincy Adams seem about as unlikely a pairing as a folk rock star and a presidential historian. And ...