QUINCY – Some presidents were born here. Others dropped by for a visit.
The nation s second and sixth presidents, John Adams and John Quincy Adams, were born in houses on Franklin Street, back when the city was part of Braintree.
The nation s 41st president, George H.W. Bush, was born in a house at 173 Adams St. in Milton and lived there for a few months before his family moved to Connecticut. He returned in 1997 to dedicate a marker that still stands outside the house.
At least five other presidents have visited the city while in office, most of them paying tribute to their predecessors.