John Adams Memorial: It’s Time

John Adams Memorial: It’s Time
A portrait of John Adams. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Public Domain
Andrew Young
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Throughout my life, I have learned that we each get but one true choice: what we are willing to give our lives for. Alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and countless others, I chose to dedicate myself to the fight for civil rights. This journey was, in part, guided by one of America’s earliest champions of liberty—John Adams, a man who not only shaped his own time but also laid the foundations for justice that resonate today.

Andrew Young
Andrew Young
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Andrew Young served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from 1977–79, and as mayor of Atlanta from 1982–90.