Show t JOHN JOliN ADAMS ANNIVERSARY U. U SAlty SARY RECALLED The date of ot October 3 comes with witha a meaning this year as the approaching approaching ap ap- celebration of George Wash- Wash bicentenary turns the thought i of ot the country back bade to our beginnings and to the men who labored with I George in the founding of tit 1 the tho nation On that day in October I 1735 was born John Adams second President of ot the United States and the theman theman theman man whose Influence made George Washington Commander in Chief of the Revolutionary forces John Adams Is thus of ot historic prominence promInence prominence prom prom- for a double reason jeason The country country country coun coun- try owes him deeply for what he him- him himself self elf did directly to mold and construct I our government It owes him almost as much for what he accomplished In IndIrectly Indirectly indirectly In- In directly by the employment of his in influence influence In in- fluence In putting forward men even greater than himself as he did In the case of Gorge Washington John Adams we are arc told by the United States George Washington Bi- Bi I- I Commission represented the fourth Generation of ot a race of simple Massachusetts farmers Until the birth of ot this one of ot the race the were ere distinguished for nothing but hard work thrift and sobriety With the appearance of ot John Adams the family tamlY brought rought forth B R line of ot il illustrious illustrious il- il men that has made it a lasting lastIng last last- ing model to students of r t It was as John Adams' Adams resolutions p against the famous Stamp Act written n for the people of ot Braintree which was adopted by the population of Massachusetts Mass Mass- as a whole Thus early he began his part In shaping the popular philosophy which led to the Revolution tion Meanwhile he prospered tit at the law aw and soon was given such cases as the defense of ot John Hancock against the charge of ot smuggling I With the historic Dos Boston ton Tea Party Party Par Par- i ty John Adams was fired to his real Ial labors In behalf of the cause of ot In In- In dependence Elected to the General Court or Assembly of ot he soon was made a Massachusetts Delegate to the first Continental Congress Congress Congress Con Con- gress In Philadelphia He lie was made madea e a member of the committee appointed d to petition King George for redress o of wrongs and the maintenance of friendly friend frIend- ly relations In the second Continental Congress In 1775 he was among the first t to be believe believe be- be lieve Sieve that Independence was Inevitable e and to urge unity upon the Colonies and it was at this Congress that h he e nominated George Washington a ns AS s Commander Chief of the Revolts Revolutionary Revolutionary armies It is a curious fact forgotten tl to la lay y readers of ot history that John Adams Adam s was appointed chief Justice of ot Massachusetts Massachusetts Massa Massa- at this time but was too busy with Ith Colonial affairs ever to sit o othe on n the bench By Dy 1778 1776 John Adams was an ope open n and stout contender for Independence and did much to prepare an opinion n for a favorable reception of ot the famous s resolutions of ot Richard Henry Le Lee e which formed the basis of the Declaration Declaration of Independence It was Adams Adam I Iwho who ho seconded Lees Lee's resolutions an anthe and d the Congress promptly made him member member mem mem- ber of ot the committe commute to draft the grea greaD great t Dt D caration ec Jefferson wrote Tote to him hum a athe at atthe atthe tt t the time that he was a pillar of ot sup sup- port The other and later activities o of ot f Adams are too numerous to mention i in n space pace short of book length He lie served sere I Ion on the Revolutionary Board Doard of ot War went as a commissioner to France an and d later in 1780 was as minister to Holland d After Atter the Revolution was won on h he de e helped to shape the treaty of ot peace and In 1785 was made minister t to o England In 1788 he came home to be elected Vice President of the nation natio under the new Constitution lie He escaped further obscurity by election as our second President Isis Ills term was clouded with many difficulties difficulties chief of them the difference with France which for a time was so threatening that Adams was moved pd a j second time to appoint George Wash Wash- ington Commander lo ef of the I j American Army to be raised In case of I open conflict Also differences with the Hamilton faction led to a split In Inthe Inthe the Federalist Party that was as Instrumental Instrumental mental in Adams' Adams defeat for tor reelection At the end of a turbulent administration tion the subject of ot much I criticism and controversy Adams moved back to his old home In fn Braintree MassaI Massachusetts Massa Massa- and filled his later ears years I with writing of history and memories I Ilie lie He lived to see his son John QuIncy 1 I Adams become the sixth President and I Ito I to enjoy a n restoration of or his old friendship friend 1 frIend I ship with Thomas Jefferson At the tho great age of ot 01 91 he died on the same day of Jeffersons Jefferson's passing and only a few hours afterward It Is of ot lasting historic significance that the two men left the scene of their great labors on July 4 Just 50 years after the signing of the great document they had done doneso so much to write and see adopted |