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John Adams

John Adams

1735 CE1826 CE · Washington, D.C.

John Adams was the 2nd President, serving from 1797 to 1801 as a Federalist. A leading Founding Father and diplomat of the Revolution, he had helped draft the Declaration of Independence and served as the first Vice President under Washington. His term saw the Quasi-War with France and the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts.

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Washington, D.C.

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About Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is the area where the teacher Tara Brach founded the Insight Meditation Community of Washington in 1998, one of the larger Western vipassanā (insight meditation) communities, drawing on the Theravāda-derived insight tradition.

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