C-SPAN documentary Life Portrait of John Quincy Adams 1999 history Declaration
This is “Life Portrait of John Quincy Adams,” a previously-owned video-cassette tape (VHS) in its original oversized clamshell case, which shows little wear (it has all art and was not a former rental or advance). It runs 90 minutes long and originally aired on April 9, 1999 (color with B&W sequences).
This is an episode of the TV program “American Presidents: Life Portraits.” Here, historians describe delve into the extended Adams family, physically broadcast from the Adams’ extensive personal library in Quincy (Braintree), and answer questions called in by viewers. Adams’ scholarship, role in obtaining affirmation for the Declaration of Independence, and authorship of the Massachusetts Constitution render him high in the pantheon of great Americans…
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