This Day in History 03/27

He was the grandson of the sixth President, John Quincy Adams, and the great-grandson of John Adams, the second President. His name was Henry Adams, and he died this day, March 27, 1918. An American philosopher and historian, Henry Adams authored a nine-volume work, entitled, "History of the United States." With insight from his unique heritage going back to the founding of the United States, Henry Adams wrote: "The Pilgrims of Plymouth, the Puritans of Boston, the Quakers of Pennsylvania, all avowed a moral purpose, and began by making institutions that consciously reflected a moral idea." dlr