JOHN QUINCY ADAMS BIRTHPLACE
John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States, was born in Braintree, (now Quincy) Massachusetts to Abigail and John Adams. He witnessed the Battle of Bunker Hill together with his mother at the age of 9. Adams spent much of his childhood in Europe, mostly in France while his father was serving as Minister. At the age of 15, the young John Quincy Adams served as Secretary to the Mission to Russia.
