Cincinnati Built An Observatory Any Stargazer Could Use
Today in 1843, former president John Quincy Adams joined thousands to dedicate a public observatory in Cincinnati, a building known as "the birthplace of American astronomy."
John Quincy Adams: 246 Years Old and Looking Great
Several visitors made jokes about the smell. There really wasn't one - but when there are two presidents and two First Ladies in one room, the room can smell any way it wants.
What I’m working on
We're just over a week out from the DC trip and there's lots going on.
A presidential "mass knife fight"?!?!?
I'm doing this project because of stuff like this: One of my most-visited sites on the web is Reddit.com, and one of my favourite subreddits is HistoricalWhatIf, an online community [...]
Of Quincy Adamses and nude beaches (?)
Fairly or unfairly, it's what you do - or don't do - at the top that people remember.
Beginning at the end
I've developed an odd habit as I've gotten into this project.
John Quincy Adams’s Tomb
Papa John is right inside the door, where as the younger Adams is a bit more tucked away - but only a bit, as this is, shall we say, an "efficiency" crypt.