Continuing the 250 th anniversary of the United States in the library of our church

I'm still looking through the John Adams Library, books owned by John Adams, despite one of our church members being on the board of the Boston Antheneum and despite the Revolutionary War display in the church lobby from The Congregational Library Archive. I substituted for the Freedom Trail tour guides quite well this morning with incoming tourists. Just reading right now in between patrons.

Scott Lord Marbled Paper from Antiquarian Books

This book is in a display case in our church as part of the 250 th anniversary of the Revolutionary War

More of my life as a librarian's husband. One thing I spent the morning with was the John Adams library, books owned by John Adams (1735-1826) which included Sacred Poetry published by Jeremy Belknap in 1820. It is a volume of the Psalms with Hymns, almost every Hymn thought imaginable. Historian Jeremy Belknap was born here in Boston during 1744 and died in Boston in 1798.

As a book collector, President John Adams did have books from the 16th century. Scott Lord

Beacon Hill from our Church

One of our ministers is leaving today, so I haven't been looking at as much revolutionary war history, but since the dome seen from Park Street was built by Paul Revere, who is buried in the churchyard, I felt like some practice photos. We've known the minister for about a decade. The steeple can be seen from the other side on Boston Common

Books written by ministers at Park Street during its history, which is from 1809, can often be found near Donna's desk. A testemonial is being given at the moment. Scott Lord

Another Rainbow

Scott Lord For a minute, Boston had a Tornado Watch. The rose in the corner is probably over seven years old, preserved.