nPostednon September 27, 2014
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Hen was a Founding Father and a signer of the Declaration ofn Independence.n
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nAccordingn to Thomas Jefferson, he was “the Man of the Revolution.”
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nHen was the second cousin of John Adams, the second president of then United States. But before there was such a thing as the Unitedn States, Sam was far better known than John. As a matter of fact,n John Adams had to explain to strangers in Europe, “Oh, I’m not then famousn Adams.”
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nHen may well be the only Founding Father that has a beer named aftern him!
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nTodaynmany people think of Sam Adams as a firebrand, someone who sweptnother colonists away with his anti-British rhetoric, someone whonmasterminded almost every aspect of Boston’s rebellious actions. Butnthere were lots of other colonists who wanted to break ties withnBritain, too, during Adams’s era. It wasn’t all Sam, all the time!
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nSamuelnAdams had two different wives named Elizabeth (sadly, his first wifendied). He was given a slave as a wedding gift – but Adams werenstrongly against slavery. He immediately set the woman free, and thennhired her back to work in his household as a free woman.
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nAlso,ncheck out this Sam Adams speech.n The high point of the speech for me is that he used the wordnignominious.nIsn’t that a great word?
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nAlsonon this date:
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A Fishy Day (aka Fish Amnesty Day)
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nAsk a Stupid Question Day
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nAncestornAppreciation Day
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nFrenchnCommunity Holiday in Belgium
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nGoogle’snbirthday
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nMuseum Day Live
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nPlannahead:
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nChecknout my Pinterest boards for:
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