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A FITTING TRIBUTE TO JOHN ADAMS
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The Boston Globe
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February 26, 2005
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A GREAT TREASURE has been returned to the citizens of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Formerly known as the Old Suffolk
County Courthouse, the John Adams Courthouse on Boston's historic
Pemberton Square is now open, again, for business.
Named for our most eminent citizen, this magnificent building
tells a powerful story of freedom and the rule of law.
John Adams's first love was Abigail and their family. His second
love was the law. As Boston's most able lawyer, he led the community
in resisting the oppressive and tyrannical acts of King and
Parliament in the turbulent years before the Revolution. The people
admired him.
However, he valued justice above popular approval. When no other ...
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