. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . ing happenings. Hereold Grandsire John/ the first Adams, lived and died; here John QuincyAdams made his home, and delighted to work on his farm in overalls straw hat, like any other farmer, just as ready to receive a distinguishedvisitor in his working clothes as if he were in the White House itself. They crossed the Presidents Bridge, which spans the railroad, and€ntered the grounds now known as the old Charles Francis Adams place ;they stood beneath the great trees, rested on the narro
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . ing happenings. Hereold Grandsire John/ the first Adams, lived and died; here John QuincyAdams made his home, and delighted to work on his farm in overalls straw hat, like any other farmer, just as ready to receive a distinguishedvisitor in his working clothes as if he were in the White House itself. They crossed the Presidents Bridge, which spans the railroad, and€ntered the grounds now known as the old Charles Francis Adams place ;they stood beneath the great trees, rested on the narrow piazza., visited themodern stables and the long greenhouses, and walked about the wide fieldsthat stretched in the rear of the quaint gambrel-roofed house. Then they slowly sauntered back to the center of the town, and as theytook the train for Boston, tired, but full of a new regard for these oldfathers of the republic, Bert echoed Uncle Toms sentiment and said: I guess you were right, Uncle Tom. Quincy granite may be endur-ing, but these Quincy men will outlast it — both in name and ADAMS ACADEMY, by John Adams, and built on the site of John Hancocks birthplace. CHAPTER III
Size: 2050px × 1219px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidcenturybooko, bookyear1896
