By: Valerie Richardson | April 29, 2025
Congress signed off on legislation to create a memorial to John Adams in 2001, but with each passing year, the Founding Father’s prediction that “monuments will never be erected to me” looks more prescient.
Jackie Gingrich Cushman is determined to prove him wrong. A year ago, Ms. Cushman was named chair of the Adams Memorial Commission, making her the face of the campaign to honor the nation’s second president and his distinguished family.
With the semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence approaching, Ms. Cushman said the timing couldn’t be better.
“It has to be the right time, and I think this is a perfect time because we are about to hit up against the 250th anniversary next year,” she told The Washington Times. “I do think people are more interested in how we were founded.”