The city in which the crypt stands wants to be named, officially and by Congress, “the most patriotic city in America”. Photograph: MPI/Getty ImagesNext to Adams lies his wife, Abigail, and their son, America’s sixth president, John Quincy Adams, with his wife, Louisa. It is Quincy, Massachusetts, and recently, on a sunny summer afternoon before Independence Day, there was barely a tourist in sight. Most of its contents belonged to John Quincy Adams, who was adept in more than 10 languages, a master diplomat who resolved the War of 1812. Ayers, the district’s representative in the Massachusetts legislature, the General Court, has filed a bill calling on the state to declare Quincy the most patriotic city in America.

Source: The Guardian July 04, 2016 11:16 UTC