https://www.nps.gov/adam/blogs/ RSS Feed for Recent Blog Posts Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:21:07 GMT 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 https://www.nps.gov/adam/blogs/portrait-of-general-joseph-warren.htm Joseph Warren became a hero of the early American Revolutionary War at the Battle of Bunker Hill. He was family physician to John and Abigail Adams. He saved John Quincy’s badly fractured finger from amputation. D7D090DC-B28D-4CEF-FE424363AFCC241A E189506D-AEB1-8D43-4882571E4B61026C 5A0CEB5E-B66F-3405-A60F1EEA4A9E835B 5A10504A-F92F-2E22-086FCACE99F8BA67 5A12E24D-98B1-D262-3D920EC463214C3F 851426FA-A45E-A7C0-0F37AFE74A0D7C47 D7D27C28-D7CA-AF24-5C16B089B5E99F06 5A15473D-A820-E2D7-D5787417919D3C37 5A1808B3-A339-0393-1ABA642805FF0DEC 5A1AB8F5-D4F4-3558-A2A9CCBCA42CC627 5A1D9A2E-A65D-5120-05E803C387823F85 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.nps.gov/adam/blogs/portrait-of-general-joseph-warren.htm https://www.nps.gov/adam/blogs/abigails-locket.htm This essay highlights the sentimental and historical aspects of Abigail’s gold locket, a personal gift from John before his diplomatic mission in 1779. It outlines the locket’s features, its symbolic role during their long separation, and traces the broader tradition of lockets as keepsakes. The locket’s possible origins are explored and its place in the Adams National Historical Park collection. D7D090DC-B28D-4CEF-FE424363AFCC241A E189506D-AEB1-8D43-4882571E4B61026C 851231B2-EC29-9E6C-6D82EF2186CB4FCA D7D27C28-D7CA-AF24-5C16B089B5E99F06 851426FA-A45E-A7C0-0F37AFE74A0D7C47 851519EB-BFC8-7C98-5969830A5F69A633 Tue, 19 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.nps.gov/adam/blogs/abigails-locket.htm https://www.nps.gov/adam/blogs/chinese-export-bowl.htm Blue and white Chinese export bowl, provenance Abigail Adams, representing her business acumen, running the household and farm, and creating income by selling export porcelain and other hard to acquire items. 227B3DC0-9145-CDA6-5C0D0564B780F78B Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.nps.gov/adam/blogs/chinese-export-bowl.htm