Presidential Message on the Birthday of President John Adams

• Date/Source: October 30, 2025 — Briefings & Statements
• Occasion: 290th birthday of John Adams, Founding Father and 2nd U.S. President.

Highlights

• Early life and service:

  • Massachusetts upbringing grounded in faith, work ethic, and civic virtue.
  • Principled lawyer who defended Redcoats after the Boston Massacre.
  • Delegate to both Continental Congresses; early advocate for independence.
  • Drafted Massachusetts’s Constitution; key diplomatic missions in Europe aiding victory in the Revolution.

• Presidency and legacy:

  • Strengthened the Navy, protected U.S. sovereignty, and advanced national interests.
  • Oversaw the federal government’s move to Washington, D.C.
  • Champion of rule of law, education, and civic duty; put country before politics.

• Contemporary framing:

  • As the U.S. approaches the 250th anniversary, the Administration links Adams’s ideals to current priorities: “peace through strength,” emphasis on equal justice, faith and tradition, and symbolic renaming of the Department of Defense to the Department of War.

• Closing theme:

  • Calls to carry forward Adams’s legacy of strength, duty, and love of country to help usher in a “Golden Age of America.”