On the Record: The Enslaved at the President’s House Memorial

Philadelphia attorney and community activist Michael Coard is co founder of Avenging The Ancestors Coalition (ATAC). The organization has fought tirelessly for recognition of the nine enslaved persons held in...

Construction Plans Proceed on the Philadelphia President's House

Mayor Michael Nutter, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has announced that nearly 70% of the subcontracting work to be done on the President's House memorial, which is located in downtown Philadelphia, near...

The President's House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

On January 23, 2009, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, also chairman of the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA), urged the board's approval of the use of $3.5 million from the DRPA for the President's House...

Emmy Awards: Full list of winners

TV satire 30 Rock, US presidential drama John Adams, and Mad Men, about New York's advertising industry in the 1960s, were the big winners at the 60th Emmy Awards on Sunday night.See what people are saying...

No Change Or Straight Talk, Just Flip Flop

I watched the HBO miniseries on John Adams during the fourth of July weekend. The miniseries is based on the book by David McCullough on the second President of the United States. The movie portrays a somewhat...

No Change Or Straight Talk, Just Flip Flop

I watched the HBO miniseries on John Adams during the fourth of July weekend. The miniseries is based on the book by David McCullough on the second President of the United States. The movie portrays a somewhat...

An American Holiday On The Fourth Of July

John Adams thought that America's birthday would be celebrated every year on the 2nd of July. Adams thought that the vote by the Continental Congress on July 2, 1776 to secede from British rule would become the...

John Adams speaks from the grave

How can John Adams speak about foreclosure? Through a surrogate? Through a medium? No, but how about a distant relative. Check out this blog with one of the most unique takes on foreclosure yet. http://www.interocre.com/blog/ 

A Wish to Last

"It was on this day in 1800 that President John Adams arrived in Washington, D.C., for the first time. The capital city, which had been chosen by George Washington as the seat of government for the United States,...

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