I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof. -John Adams On a bright morning in June 2024, at the ALA Annual Conference in San Diego, California, to an audience of librarians, Lindsay Chervinsky, Executive Director of the George Washington Presidential Library, presented "Making the Presidency: How John Adams Created Presidential Customs for the Twenty-First Century." Based on...
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