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Adams was the only son of merchant Hon. John Adams and Hannah Checkley of Nova Scotia, [1] and he graduated from Harvard University in 1721. He joined the ministry of the Congregational Church at Newport, Rhode Island, on April 11, 1728, in opposition to the wishes of Mr. Clap, who was pastor there. Clap's friends formed a new society, and ...
The Wound-Dresser is a piece for chamber orchestra and baritone singer by composer John Adams.The piece is an elegiac setting of excerpts from American poet Walt Whitman's poem "The Wound-Dresser" (1865) [1] about his experience as a hospital volunteer during the American Civil War.
38. "Of course, losing my father was traumatic. I was an only child. But from the time my father died, my general theme in life has been to turn adversity into opportunity." — Thomas G. Stemberg ...
27. My Father, My Friend My father, my friend, This to me you have always been. Through good times and bad, Your understandings I have had. —Peggy Stewart. 28. Meant To Be A Dad Dad, oh father ...
Harmonium is a composition for chorus and orchestra by the American composer John Adams, written in 1980-1981 for the first season of Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California. The work is based on poetry by John Donne and Emily Dickinson and is regarded as one of the key compositions of Adams' "minimalist" period. [1]
This Father's Day, give your dad the gift of your ear and your time. Most people, especially as they get older, want to talk about their lives, their experiences and their hopes. Your father just ...
John Adams. is a 2001 biography of the Founding Father and second U.S. President John Adams, written by the popular American historian David McCullough, which won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. It was adapted into the 2008 television miniseries of the same name by HBO Films.
Two good men, they were. But they weren’t Dad. My brother and I were grown when we actually got to have a relationship with Dad. He got acquainted with my sons and loved them like a doting granddad.