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Adams family values ; Descendants of two presidents hold dear a legacy intertwined with the nation's past
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The Boston Globe
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September 2, 2008
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As a teenager, Rett McKay Adams loved to sit in the chair in
which President John Adams died and wear the founding father's
glasses. "I had the park rangers sweating," he said of his visits to
the Adams National Historical Park in Quincy. "I touched
everything."
His father, Peter Adams, 65, seventh in line from John Adams,
played with his cousins as a child in the house where John and
Abigail Adams once lived, while the adults had their annual meeting.
"We would be all dressed up in seersucker suits and jump over the
flower beds, roll around the ground, pick apples and throw them at
each other and misbehave," he said.
The Adams family will again have their annual meeting in the Old
House ...
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