I am a Revolutionary War buff, and John is a Civil War buff. Braintree was the home of John and Abigail Adams and, therefore, the home of John Quincy Adams. Amazing people! The Adamses library is breathtaking. I don't mean the building - I mean the BOOKS! John Q. spoke I think seven different languages fluently as a result of living and working with his Ambassador-to-France-father in Europe during the Revolution, and there are original edition books from the 1700's in ALL those languages - and John Q read them all! Books were very expensive back them, and I believe John Adams kept his family in near poverty buying them cases at a time. But thank the Lord he was so well versed because I know it helped him in founding our country.
SO much went on in Boston during the time of the Revolutionary War that it should be a blog in itself, but suffice it to say we reveled in every bit of Boston history. Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, the Boston Tea Party, the Liberty Tree, the churches (where most of the rebel rousing went on from the pulpits!), Boston Harbor. OH! and then there was the 4th of July in the seat of our country's foundation. That was better than celebrating in Washington, D.C. that didn't even exist in 1776!
Mm-mmm-mm. Thank God for medical traveling. Instead of a quicky vacation, we had FOUR WEEKS to immerse ourselves in a place I had always hoped to go but never thought I would - all the while getting paychecks and per diem. What a deal!
But alas, all good things must come to an end. Or do they? Wait'll you hear what comes next!
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