Nov 2 and 3-Three presidents

We love Boston. We've been staying in Quincy (south Boston) for four days, so this Walmart seems like home! We're about to take down the internet connection and move on so I'd better get you up to date before we leave. We spent the 2nd exploring the birthplaces and homes of Presidents John Adams (#2), and his son John Quincy Adams (#6). Even though they don't get a lot of print in our history books, the Adams family made huge political and intellectual contributions. John helped write the Massachusetts constitution which was used as a model for the US constitution. He was quite a reader and proposed many ideas that were ahead of his time, but have since become part of our government. He was in favor of over-riding Federal power instead of individual states rights for instance. We still debate a lot of what he wrote about. We spent yesterday at the Kennedy library even though we have a tough time getting our heads around Kennedy being "historical". The guide blew Gene away by telling him that only 50% of the Americans alive today were alive during his inauguration. We're feeling a bit OLD!