President’s Club presents: John Quincy Adams, led by historian Peter Vermilyea

Monday, November 10 from 3:15 – 4:15 PM
In-Person & on Zoom
Registration is required for In-Person

Exploring John Quincy Adams by award-winning author Harlow Giles Unger.

He fought for General Washington, served with Abraham Lincoln, witnessed Bunker Hill, and sounded the clarion against slavery on the eve of the Civil War. He negotiated an end to the War of 1812, engineered the annexation of Florida, and won the Supreme Court decision that freed the African captives of the Amistad. He served his nation as minister to six countries, secretary of state, senator, congressman, and president.

A magisterial biography and a sweeping panorama of American history from the Washington to Lincoln eras, John Quincy Adams follows one of the nation’s most important yet least-known figures.

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