Also the author of american revolution. In addition to being a fulbright scholar in japan, he has also served at many venues, including on Good Morning America and all things considered. Our other speaker is a doctorate at the university of melbourne and has specialized training in editing from Arizona State university, and neil was up until recently a editor at the adams papers and worked at the university of South Carolina and earned a masters degree in public history from North Carolina state. So i want to welcome steve, our first speaker. [applause] thank you. On the last day of march, 17 76 3 months before america broke free from britain, epic 1776, three month before america broke free from britain, Abigail Adams declared that john should have broken free. Let me find my slides. Let me try to get this going. Here we are. John adams was then serving on the Second Continental Congress in philadelphia, urging congress to do just that. Abigail, at the familys house in braintree massa
And john adams and their son and his wife. This is from an event marking john and Abigail Adams wedding anniversary. The program was cohosted by the Massachusetts Historical Society and the Abigail Adams historical society. I will start by introducing our our first speaker. Bullock is the author of revolutionary brotherhood freemasonry, and also the author of american revolution. In addition to being a fulbright scholar in japan, he has also served at many venues, including on Good Morning America and all things considered. Sarah mann 10 will be presenting a paper in tandem. Sarah martin will be presenting a paper in tandem. She has a doctorate of the university of melbourne and has specialized training in editing from Arizona State university, and neil was up until recently a editor at the adams papers and holds a doctorate in history from university of South Carolina and earned a masters degree in public history from North Carolina state. So i want to welcome steve, our first speaker