John Adams expected great things from his eldest son, John Quincy. "You came into life with ... road construction, river widening, educational institutions, and a national observatory.

You'd think it would cause quite a stir if a US president was seen skinny-dipping the Potomac River. However, for many years, that was just part of John Quincy Adams' daily routine. Adams followed ...

The city of Quincy, Massachusetts, is named after Col. John Quincy, a prominent figure in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the grandfather of Abigail Adams ... the Neponset River was broken ...