Braintree, Massachusetts
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Braintree, officially the Town of Braintree, is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is officially known as a town, but Braintree is a city with a mayor–council form of governmen
Braintree Town Hall in 2009
Thayer Public Library
General Sylvanus Thayer Birthplace
Sunset Lake provides recreational opportunities for residents. The steeple in the background is part of the South Congregational Church.
John Adams
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John Adams was a Founding Father and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Grea
Braintree, Massachusetts
…Jeremy Adams, original emigrant to the Americas John Adams, second president of the United States; first Vice President of the United States; signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence John Quincy Adams…
Portrait, c. 1800–1815
Adams's birthplace in present-day Quincy, Massachusetts
John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence depicting the Committee of Five presenting its draft of the Declaration to the Congress in Philadelphia; Adams appears in the center with his hand on his hip.
The Assembly Room at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence