August 1, 2024
This project was started in November 2001. Since then, many interested parties have lent their time and passion to help further this project. In January of this year, with presidential and congressional appointments to the Adams Memorial Commission finalized, the commission met for the first time with the goal of making the memorial a reality. The presidential appointees created the Adams Memorial Foundation to develop a strategic plan to build thememorial. The foundation is organized and operated for charitable purposes under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The commission has identified and begun recruiting potential partners — including educators, members of Congress, historians, cultural institutions, fundraisers and Adams family members — to work on this project. Engaging experts in their respective fields to participate will strengthen the depth and reach of this initiative.
The foundation will provide civic education, raise awareness and educate the public about John Adams and his family and why they matter now. People will be encouraged to learn about the Adamses’ commitment to our nation and how they lived lives with honor and integrity. The foundation will reach out to a broad audience and work to interest them to learn more. With a comprehensive public relations plan and use of technology, the foundation will deliver on this campaign while continuing the operational work of planning and building a memorial.
At a time when this country is so divided that its future is threatened, the Adams Memorial Foundation is positioned to help bring people together by serving as a beacon of civic education and inspiration for our Democratic Republic. Now is the time for us to reinforce the principles upon which our nation was founded by taking steps to make the Adams Memorial a reality.
“Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.”
Letter from John Adams to Benjamin Rush, a signatory to the U.S. Declaration of Independence, April 18, 1808