inauguration. i think that has also happened another time or two, but i won t bring that up. [laughter] and those two men actually remained at odds for many, many, years. it was only later during their retirement did they actually rekindle their friendship, discussing many different topics in their correspondance, including the topic of death. adams actually wrote to jefferson in 1822 these words, quote, i answer your question, is death an evil? it is not an evil. it is a blessing to the individual and to the world. yet, we ought not to wish for it, to life becomes insupportable, end quote. he was 86 years old when he wrote this note. perhaps adams had become comfortable with the idea of leaving the world. but it was four years later that both men, adams and jefferson, passed away on the same exact day, july 4th, 1826. and while he was not present when his father died, john quincy adams later recorded his father s last words, three very poignant words, thomas jefferson surviv
and while the transfer of power was ultimately peaceful, adams did forego his successor s inauguration. i think that has also happened another time or two but i won t bring that up. [laughter] and those two men actually remained at odds for many, many, years. it was only later during their retirement did they actually rekindle their friendship, discussing many different topics in their correspondance, including the topic of death. adams actually wrote to jefferson in 1822 these words, quote, i answer your question, is death an evil? it is not an evil. it is a blessing to the individual and to the world. yet, we ought not to wish for it, to life becomes insupportable, end quote. he was 86 years old when he wrote this note. perhaps adams had become comfortable with the idea of leaving the world. it was four years later that both men, adams and jefferson, passed away on the same exact day. july 4th, 1826. and while he was not present when his father died, john quincy adams later
most divisive perhaps one of the most divisive elections in our nation s history was the election hundred president john adams ultim as many of you know the most divisive, perhaps one of the most divisive elections was the election of 1800. president john adams ultimately lost to vice president thomas jefferson, and while the transfer of power was ultimately peaceful, adams did forego his successor s inauguration. i think that has also happened another time or two, but i won t bring that up. [laughter] and those two men actually remained at odds for many, many, years. it was only later during their retirement did they actually rekindle their friendship, discussing many different topics in their correspondance, including the topic of death. adams actually wrote to jefferson in 1822 these words, quote, i answer your question, is death an evil? it is not an evil. it is a blessing to the individual and to the world. yet, we ought not to wish for it, to life becomes insupportable,
Evening is one of the most prominent journalists working in the field today. Peter baker, whos been working as a journalist for over 30 years, starting out with the Washington Times and then moving to the Washington Post to cover local stories in virginia. He then began to cover the white house during the presidencies of bill clinton and George W Bush during his career. Peter has covered everything from elections, economic crises, Foreign Policy, natural disasters, legislative battles, eight Supreme Court nominations, six president ial inauguration ins, three impeachments, and countless state of union addresses. Along with his wife, susan glasser, he would spend four years living in russia, serving as the Washington Posts Moscow Bureau chief, chronicling the rise of vladimir putin, the chechen war, beslan and the moscow theater attack. He was also the very first journalist to report from rebel held northern afghanistan. And following the september 11th attacks in 2003, he was embedded
Evening is one of the most prominent journalists working in the field today. Peter baker, whos been working as a journalist for over 30 years, starting out with the Washington Times and then moving to the Washington Post to cover local stories in virginia. He then began to cover the white house during the presidencies of bill clinton and George W Bush during his career. Peter has covered everything from elections, economic crises, Foreign Policy, natural disasters, legislative battles, eight Supreme Court nominations, six president ial inauguration ins, three impeachments, and countless state of union addresses. Along with his wife, susan glasser, he would spend four years living in russia, serving as the Washington Posts Moscow Bureau chief, chronicling the rise of vladimir putin, the chechen war, beslan and the moscow theater attack. He was also the very first journalist to report from rebel held northern afghanistan. And following the september 11th attacks in 2003, he was embedded