JOHN ADAMS:Forgotten Patriot

CBS News ^ | July 1,2001 | Rita Braver

[Lady In Blue]

It's hard to believe that after 200 years,President John Adams does not have a monument on the Potomac river in Washington,D.C.

[Lady In Blue]

You might find this interesting.I did.I think it's long past due,John Adams deserves a national monument.I've e-mailed my congressman,the President;Vice President.

[satchmodog9]

Read the book and I loved it. Found out a lot of great information. I highly recommend it. Adams was a great man. We will never see his likes again.

[The_Expatriate]

There's no picture of John Adams on our money.

He is surely more deserving of having his picture on the five-dollar bill than the tyrant currently depicted there.

[Lady In Blue]

I'm reading it now.I'm about a quarter from being finished and I'm loving this book and the man! It's a great read!

[Lady In Blue]

I just think it's a shame that Adams does not have a monument,after all the sacrifices he made for this country.

[Rightwing Canuck]

Who's on the 5-dollar bill? Lincoln?

[The_Expatriate]

Yep. In the US, it's our five-dollar bill that's a looney. :-)

[blackie]

Good stuff, thanks Lady !!

[Lady In Blue]

Thanks,blackie! Did you read the book yet? It's a great read!

[Free the USA]

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[Highway55]

“John Adams” by David McCullough

This was very good read.

John Adams was a great man!

[Sci Fi Guy]

I think that McCullough's book is the best monument right now. I was thinking that another great forgotten President is Calvin Coolidge.

[nonliberal]

"John Adams" was a great book. When you are done with it you become depressed that there are no men like him alive today.

[sneakers]

Thanks for the excellent post. John Adams has been my favorite Founding Father since a most wonderful college history professor taught a class about him in 1987. It's high time this great man had a monument dedicated to him. I too am going to contact my congressman.

I have David McCullough's book and am reading it now. So far, it's excellent!

[Lady In Blue]

Thanks! I'll do that.I didn't know there was anything like that on FR.Learn something new everyday!

[Lady In Blue]

I couldn't agree more with you! If you all have a mind to,please contact your congressmen and senators and ask them to approve a monument to this great man! I've got to contact my 2 senators later this evening.

[Lady In Blue]

I know.His book is great,it's just that I think it's a real shame that a monument,after all of this time,is not built in D.C.Maybe someday.I hope that it's soon.

[Lady In Blue]

Thank you,sneakers! What part in the book are you at?I'm about a quarter from being done.He truly was a great man.You're lucky to have had a professor who taught a course on him! I'm ashamed to say that before this book,I hardly remembered John Adams.I guess the reason,I took a chance and bought it was because I used to work with a lady who on her mother's side is a descendant of John Adams.When I first bought the book and looked at the cover,I couldn't get over the family resemblence to my co-worker! Same coloring,shape of the eye,the mouth.And this girl was SO SMART - the real tell-tale sign that she was,in fact,a descendant of John Adams!

[Lady In Blue]

And there'll probably never be another one like him!