SAILING THROUGH LIFE

This is in response to those who asked:”Who are you?” It is a least a dimension.Boats have always been a part of my life. Naturally interwoven with the story of Newport.

A FAMILY WITH STRONG PRINCIPLES

TRIXIE NOSE OUT THE WINDOW
TRIXIE NOSE OUT THE WINDOW
ADAMS PEW # 54
ADAMS PEW # 54
ABIGAIL ADAMS
ABIGAIL ADAMS
SHORT-LIVED
SHORT-LIVED
PEWS
PEWS
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
JOHN ADAMS
JOHN ADAMS
CHURCH INTERIOR
CHURCH INTERIOR
ADAMS FAMILY BURIAL
ADAMS FAMILY BURIAL
HANCOCK BURIAL GROUND
HANCOCK BURIAL GROUND

Spring comes and goes very quickly in New England. The most delicate season.  Remarkably the Adams house and visitor’s center are not open yet. Some of my more colorful ancestors; opposed to slavery very early on, predicted the then far off Civil War over slavery. Kept an extensive journal which has permitted us to know what he was thinking. His library was nearly 14,000 books.

John Quincy Adams defended the slaves of the “Amistad”.