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	John Adams
		This section of the church is a national shrine, open to the public and maintained by appropriations of the Congress.
		John was the first son of John Adams and Susanna Boylston of Braintree, Mass.
		Back home, he helped draft the State of Massachusetts Constitution in 1780 with the aim of being "that it may be a government of law and not of men." He was chosen to travel to the Netherlands to ask for a loan, then to Paris to sign the Treaty of Paris.
	www.uuquincy.org /projects/stamps/1johnadams.htm (980 words)

	Massachusetts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Massachusetts is bordered on the north by New Hampshire and Vermont; on the west by New York; on the south by Connecticut and Rhode Island; and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean.
		First Governor of the Commonwealth - John Hancock was the first governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
		Massachusetts is the first state in the union to mandate health insurance for all its citizens.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Massachusetts (4436 words)

	United First Parish Church (Unitarian), Quincy, Massachusetts
		United First Parish Church is a Unitarian-Universalist congregation, established as an independent congregation in 1639.
		United First Parish Church is proud to be a founding member of the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization.
		United First Parish Church (also known as The Church of the Presidents, formerly known as Old Stone Temple) has a rich history in both the social and religious community.
	www.ufpc.org (484 words)

	Quincy Massachusetts Profile and Resource Guide, City or community of Quincy, Massachusetts Facts, Information, ...
		The population of Quincy is approximately 84,985 (1990).
		Quincy is positioned 42.26 degrees north of the equator and 71.00 degrees west of the prime meridian.
		Quincy, Massachusetts is the only city in the US to provide two presidents: John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
	www.usacitiesonline.com /macountyquincy.htm (356 words)

	Quincy's History
		Quincy was a farming community until the development of granite quarries in 1750.
		John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, was a child of American independence, the primary architect of the first century of the nation's foreign policy, and an implacable foe of slavery.
		Adams was born in Braintree (now Quincy), Mass., on July 11, 1767, the first son of the brilliant, patriotic, and strong-willed Abigail Smith Adams and her husband, John Adams, then a little-known country lawyer.
	pilgrims.net /quincy/history.htm (3222 words)

	Salem church sets storied silver work on auction block - The Boston Globe
		The First Church in Salem, which was founded in 1629 and counted victims as well as judges in the Salem witch trials among its early members, is auctioning off 14 silver tankards, flagons, and beakers in hope of raising $1 million to accelerate growth in membership and programming that began in the late 1990s.
		First Church will retain a Paul Revere silver set it uses for communion on special occasions, as well as a silver bowl used in baptisms here for more than 200 years.
		In 2001, United First Parish Church in Quincy, which was founded in 1639 and is the burial place of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, sold 11 pieces, the value of which at auction had been estimated at around $1 million.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/12/19/salem_church_sets_storied_silver_work_on_auction_block (815 words)

	Unitarian Universalism Information
		All Souls Church in Braintree, Massachusetts was one of the first Unified (Unitarian and Universalist) churches.
		United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts is the burial place of U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams and their wives.
		The Univeralist National Memorial Church is a church built by the former Universalist Church of America to commemorate Universalist soldiers and sailors who served in World War I, and to serve as the "Cathedral" of Universalism in the nation's capital.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Unitarian_Universalism (4086 words)

	Quincy church wants to unfurl huge pro-gay marriage banner
		QUINCY - The city’s defining historic landmark is about to be thrust into one of the most divisive modern political debates by means of a huge banner proclaiming support for same-sex marriage.
		United First Parish members voted at their annual meeting last year to endorse same-sex marriage, a move mirrored by many Unitarian parishes and the denomination as a whole over the past several years.
		United First Parish was gathered in 1636 as a branch of Boston’s Puritan parish, becoming one of the first Congregational churches to adopt Unitarian theology during the 1750s.
	ledger.southofboston.com /articles/2006/02/25/news/news01.txt (769 words)

	Massachusetts Fast Facts and Trivia
		Robert Goddard, inventor of the first liquid fueled rocket, was born and lived much of his life in Worcester and launched the first rocket fueled with liquid fuel from the neighboring town of Auburn.
		John Adams and John Quincy Adams are buried in the crypt at the United First Parish Church in Quincy.
		Massachusetts first began issuing drivers licenses and registration plates in June of 1903.
	www.50states.com /facts/mass.htm (1094 words)

	Gay News From 365Gay.com
		Tuesday night the Quincy Zoning Board overruled a decision by the Historical Commission that said the banner was so big it was not in keeping with the historical nature of the town, or the church known locally as the Church of the Presidents.
		The United First Parish Church is home to the crypts of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, and their wives.
		Massachusetts is the only state in the nation where same-sex marriage is legal.
	365gay.com /Newscon06/03/030806banner.htm (319 words)

	History of Stained Glass
		The first churches housed the relics of saints.
		Connick expressed the opinion that stained glass's first job was to serve the architectural effect; this opinion was in sharp contrast to the painterly effect that had dominated during the Opalescent era.
		Heinrich Campendonk was one of Thorn-Prikker's first pupils.
	www.sgaaonline.com /stainedglass.htm (17230 words)

	Biography of John Quincy Adams
		The first President who was the son of a President, John Quincy Adams in many respects paralleled the career as well as the temperament and viewpoints of his illustrious father.
		Adams also urged the United States to take a lead in the development of the arts and sciences through the establishment of a national university, the financing of scientific expeditions, and the erection of an observatory.
		He was buried--as were his father, mother, and wife--at First Parish Church in Quincy.
	www.contactomagazine.com /johnquincyadams.htm (599 words)

	John Adams Web: United First Parish Church (Unitarian)
		Quincy, MA John, Abigail, John Quincy and Louisa Adams are entombed beneath the ground floor of the United First Parish Church in Quincy, Massachusetts.
		This church, also known as the "Stone Temple" and "Church of the Presidents," is architecturally one of the finest houses of worship in New England.
		Designed and built in 1827-28 by architect-engineer Alexander Parris and financed primarily by John Quincy Adams, the First Parish Church was constructed of blue granite from nearby quarries and represents one of the earliest uses of native granite as a building material in the United States.
	johnadamsweb.com /burialplace.html (280 words)

	John Quincy Adams
		The second of John and Abigail Adams's five children, Johnny was born in the North Precinct of Braintree, Massachusetts (later Quincy).
		John and Abigail Adams were members of the First Parish Church of Quincy, part of the liberal wing of New England Congregationalism that became Unitarian as a result of the schism resulting from the Unitarian controversy.
		Her body is interred with those of John and his parents in the crypt below the new First Parish church building in Quincy, constructed, in part, from a bequest from the senior Adams.
	www.uua.org /uuhs/duub/articles/johnquincyadams.html (2422 words)

	Top 20 Encyclopedia
		Quincy was formed in 1792 and named for Colonel John Quincy, and was originally part of Braintree.
		Quincy was first settled by English immigrants in 1625, as Mount Wollaston (with a most unusual history), subsequently became part of Braintree, Massachusetts, was officially incorporated as a separate town in 1792, and made a city in 1888.
		Quincy was also an aviation pioneer; Dennison Field in the Squantum section of town dated from 1910, and was the site of some of the first aerial meets ever.
	encyc.connectonline.com /index.php/Quincy,_Massachusetts (782 words)

	Attractions
		United First Parish Church: Known as the "Church of the Presidents," this historic church was built from Quincy granite in 1828 with funds provided by John Quincy Adams.
		Josiah Quincy House : Built in 1770 as a country estate by revolutionary patriot Colonel Josiah Quincy, this colonial home is believed to have served as a lookout point from which patriots could observe British ships traveling in and out of Boston harbor.
		Colonel Quincy was the first in a long line of Josiah Quincys - a line that would produce three mayors of Boston and a president of Harvard University.
	www.discoverquincy.com /attractions.htm (783 words)

	Brief History - United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts
		First gathered in 1636 as a branch of Church in Boston, First Parish was established as an independent Church in 1639.
		Over its 350 years, the congregation of historic First Parish has played a most important part in the building of this city, the state, and indeed the nation.
		Originally founded by Puritan congregationalists, and Unitarian since 1750, First Parish continues to serve the community as a leader in liberal religion.
	www.ufpc.org /history.htm (268 words)

	John Quincy Adams
		The son of President John Adams and First Lady Abigail Smith, he was the only son of a former President to become President himself until George W. Bush took office in 2001.
		Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts in a part of town which eventually became the separate town of Quincy.
		His interment was in the family burial ground at Quincy, Massachusetts and he was subsequently reinterred after his wife's death in a family crypt in the United First Parish Church across the street, where his tomb can be viewed today.
	www.readeasily.com /john-quincy-adams/index.php (965 words)

	Abigail Smith Adams
		On her mother's side she was descended from the Quincys, a family of great prestige in the colony; her father and other forebearers were Congregational ministers, leaders in a society that held its clergy in high esteem.
		After 1785, she filled the difficult role of wife of the first United States Minister to Great Britain, and did so with dignity and tact.
		They returned happily in 1788 to Massachusetts and the handsome house they had just acquired in Braintree, later called Quincy, home for the rest of their lives.
	clinton4.nara.gov /WH/glimpse/firstladies/html/aa2.html (551 words)

	Quincy — FactMonster.com
		Quincy has a good harbor and was an important river port in the mid-19th cent.
		The first railroad tracks in the United States were laid in Quincy in 1826.
		Josiah QUINCY - QUINCY, Josiah (1772—1864) QUINCY, Josiah, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/us/A0840824.html (312 words)

	Quotations that Support the Separation of State and Church
		The United States of America have exhibited, perhaps, the first example of governments erected on the simple principles of nature; and if men are now sufficiently enlightened to disabuse themselves of artifice, imposture, hypocrisy, and superstition, they will consider this event as an era in their history.
		The church has resigned a part of her power, the better to retain the remainder; civil tyranny has been shaken to its centre in both hemispheres; the malignity of superstition is abating, and every species of quackery, imposture, and imposition, are yielding to the light and power of science.
		First, the delegates agreed that "no religious test" should ever be required of federal officeholders, and, second, that one could "affirm" rather than "swear" in taking the oath of office--a clear concession to the tender consciences of Quakers.
	www.infidels.org /library/modern/ed_buckner/quotations.html (18874 words)

	First Parish in Concord - We Are Houses of Healing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		First Parish in Concord - We Are Houses of Healing
		As Unitarian Universalists, we often cite the first principle, which states that we affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of the individual.
		First Parish in Concord 20 Lexington Road, Concord, Massachusetts 01742 978-369-9602
	www.firstparish.org /cms/content/view/527/45 (1850 words)

	Abigail Smith Adams, First Lady of the United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Abigail Smith was born in 1744 at Weymouth, Massachusetts.
		It was as wife of the first Vice President that Abigail became a close friend to Martha Washington and a respected hostess in her own right.
		Abigail died in 1818, and is buried with her husband at the United First Parish Church.
	www.laughtergenealogy.com /bin/histprof/ladies/bio/02aas.html (325 words)

	Quilters' Compass Directions
		Once you go past the Quincy Center T stop (on right), then the Church of the Presidents (on left), stay straight on Hancock, but stay toward the left approaching the Bank of America/Granite Trust building in the middle of the square (large building with flagpole on top).
		Located in historic Quincy, Massachusetts, pronounced Quin'-zee (Quin'-see is in Illinois.), the home of our second president, John Adams, and his son, president John Quincy Adams.
		Quincy is best known as the site of the first railroad in the United States, the Granite Railway, the source of Quincy Granite, used to build many important buildings in the 19th century, and shipbuilding at the Fore River Shipyard.
	www.quilterscompass.com /directions.html (571 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Germans in the United States
		The first German settlement in South Carolina was in 1731, at Purysburg on the Savannah.
		Although the first German colonists themselves, for the most part, had no higher education than what was to be acquired in the German village schools of that time, they considered it their duty to establish schools for their children, and therefore, as a rule, brought teachers over with them.
		The church of the seminary was consecrated in 1861.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06475c.htm (9434 words)

	First Ladies' Biographical Information
		She found the condition of the house to be so deplorable that she opened it up for what may have been among the first regular public tours for citizens - just to prove that she and the President were not living in great luxury as was charged.
		It was not only the first time a presidential candidate's wife and First Lady was directly attacked and used by the opposition press as an issue reflecting the candidate's character - but certainly the first time that such a woman responded so boldly and directly to false charges in the national media.
		In 1830, two years after her tenure as First Lady ended, Louisa Adams resumed a central role in the social and political life of the capital city when her husband was elected to Congress as a "National Republican," a strong anti-slavery party to become known as the Whig Party, a position he held until 1848.
	www.firstladies.org /biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=6 (3870 words)

	John Adams
		Buried: United First Parish Church in Quincy, Massachusetts
		His son, John Quincy is next and at the far right is his wife Louisa.
		He was however, the first president to live in the White House when it was finished in 1800, if for only four months.
	members.bellatlantic.net /~vze2rdt7/2ja.html (958 words)

	Alexander Parris at AllExperts
		In 1818, he helped complete the "Bulfinch Building" at Massachusetts General Hospital, when Bulfinch himself was called to Washington to work on the U.S. Capitol Building.
		Quincy Market in 1830, Boston, MA In 1824, however, he began a twenty year association working for the Boston Navy Yard in Charlestown.
		With the federal government as patron, Parris produced plans for numerous utilitarian structures, from storehouses to ropewalks, and was superintendent of construction at one of the nation's first drydocks, located at the Charlestown base.
	en.allexperts.com /e/a/al/alexander_parris.htm (518 words)

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