https://www.nps.gov/adam/blogs/ RSS Feed for Recent Blog Posts Sat, 19 Sep 2026 08:53:08 GMT https://www.nps.gov/adam/blogs/bullet-mold.htm Family tradition states that the Adamses used this tool to hand cast musket balls during the American Revolution. We cannot say for certain when it was used or who used it, but we know it was a cherished reminder of the family’s patriotism and industriousness during the American Revolution. D7D090DC-B28D-4CEF-FE424363AFCC241A E189506D-AEB1-8D43-4882571E4B61026C D7D27C28-D7CA-AF24-5C16B089B5E99F06 5A15473D-A820-E2D7-D5787417919D3C37 A3D04F9B-DF90-7C05-3CECCC5BEE426346 A3D2E212-F56C-41A5-15A499601C41A349 A3D44BC9-D328-16D7-2FDCAC7A7D9A5872 A3D581E2-B3F6-2860-6EB5FEF5C6FAD027 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.nps.gov/adam/blogs/bullet-mold.htm https://www.nps.gov/adam/blogs/john-adams-law-desk.htm John Adams’ standup law desk.  This desk was used by John Adams in the law office in his home at the Farm at Penn’s Hill. John Adams continued to use the desk as Vice-President and President of the United States during summers spent at Peace field in Quincy.  It is most likely the desk that John wrote the Massachusetts State Constitution in 1779 just before he is sent to Europe. D7D090DC-B28D-4CEF-FE424363AFCC241A E189506D-AEB1-8D43-4882571E4B61026C 0806FAE0-94F1-448B-4541D9768D6DEF5D 851426FA-A45E-A7C0-0F37AFE74A0D7C47 FCB29D04-9E07-523A-2D12C65B6820B1FC 851426FA-A45E-A7C0-0F37AFE74A0D7C47 FCB583CA-BBD1-EE57-2E5632B11A114E3F D7D27C28-D7CA-AF24-5C16B089B5E99F06 427FEDFD-E151-765D-BCBD2AC967FC5EB7 FCB67E5F-01EA-6816-FF946A8DD535B716 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.nps.gov/adam/blogs/john-adams-law-desk.htm