Day 29: Adams National Park, Lunch in Scituate and Scituate Lighthouse, Family Things

 Today we headed to the Adam's National Park.  They had a great video that talked about the four generations of the Adams family.  The homes that John Adams and John Quincy Adams were born in are right next to each other.  After serving in Europe, John Adams purchased a new home and farm, Peacefield.  Four generations lived in this home and John Adam's great-grandson, Henry, had the forethought to preserve these homes and their artifacts as historical legacies.  In Peacefield, almost all furnishings and artifacts are from one of the four generations.  It was odd to imagine that we were truly walking where that historic family lived.
 The home where John Adams was born.  His father was hoping he would become a minister, but John was convicted that he could not tell others what to think regarding religion in a dogmatic way.  

 If you look closely at the doors, you can see that they are completely crooked.
 This is the home where John and Abigail came when they were first married.



 Peacefield.  This home had multiple additions throughout the generations that lived here.


 The library was built by the third generation and became one of the first presidential libraries.  This portrait of Adams was actually based on the body of Washington, but they added a bigger stomach and different face.
 Dining Room
 Abigail's Parlor


 Presidential Bedroom
 John Quincy used his wife's original Waterford crystal to plant trees.  He often cracked them and it didn't make her happy.

 After the National Park, we went to lunch with Jill and Derek in Scituate.  It was a beautiful day and the food was delicious!





 We wanted to see one more lighthouse while we were in the New England area, so we went to the Scituate lighthouse.  It is only open half a dozen times a year, and it was open today!  It was fun to get to go up inside the lighthouse.












 As we drove back, we saw a spot where Chris grew up getting ice cream with his grandpa, so we stopped, tradition!



 This is the house where Grandma Gayle and Uncle Jay grew up!
 We paid our respects at the family gravesite.  
 After dinner, we had so much talking about stories of Chris's grandparents. I loved seeing pictures Grandpa Rowley as a child and this one from WWII.
 S'mores to finish off a great visit!




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