"My dearest Friend - If I knew of any more endearing Title I should certainly give it. But this appears to me to express the Truth, the whole Truth, and nothing but the Truth." Excerpt from a letter between John Adams to Abigail Adams, August 21, 1778. #OnThisDay

Can you identify this item? Visit the #Quincy400 Facebook page to find out what this is! Here's a hint: No Victorian home would have been complete without one.

Between 1897 and 1898, a water main was extended from Quincy Point to Germantown. In the 1907 Quincy Atlas, it was demarcated by the dashed line that seems to begin in the Town River and connects to Palmer Street. Visit the Quincy 400 Facebook page for pictures from that project!

Learn about how Quincy's city borders were established by visiting the Quincy 400 Facebook page!

#OnThisDay in 1774, the first meeting of the First Continental Congress was held. Read John Adams’ account of the event, which took place in Philadelphia’s Carpenter’s Hall, on the Quincy 400 FB page!

In honor of #WomensBaseballDay, visit the Quincy 400 Facebook page to learn more about three women in Quincy's history who played professional baseball, including Mary Pratt, a long-time educator and coach within the Quincy School system.

Visit the Quincy 400 Facebook Page to see more old-school advertisements like these, highlighting the city's historically robust granite industry!

Do you know what was at 90 Hancock St. in the 1870s? Visit the Quincy 400 Facebook page to learn more about one of the enterprising industries that existed there.

Dr. Walter G. Kendall, a member of Boston Dental College’s Class of 1881, was more well-known for encouraging cycling throughout the Greater Boston area, engaging extensively in the field of horticulture, and raising Boston terriers and French bulldogs at his kennel in Squantum.

Did you see our post yesterday on the Quincy 400 Facebook page? Did you know that during the contentious Election of 1828, John Quincy Adams and his supporters were some of the first people aboard the political merchandising bandwagon? This is just 1 example of available wares!

The United Diner was owned and operated by the Georgenes family at 669 Hancock St., from the early 1930s until its demolition in 1967.

In honor of the first game of the World Series, meet the Active Club of Quincy, MA. Formed in 1886, this team played other local baseball clubs throughout the area. #WorldSeries

#OnThisDay in 1735, our second President, John Adams, was born! Visit the Quincy 400 FB page for more information on how this auspicious day was celebrated when President Adams was in office!

Long before costumed children paraded through the streets in search of candy, they engaged in spooky & superstitious games on #Halloween. Often used to divine romantic prospects or future plans, kids recognized that such experiments were fun - not to be taken too seriously.

In honor of #NationalPickleDay, we celebrate John Adams' love of the briny snack by sharing a recipe from the first cookbook published stateside. This is the kind of recipe that would have been used by Adams or any of his contemporaries for the pickling process.

Meet Florence DiTullio Joyce, the first woman welder to be employed by the Fore River Shipyard in 1942. Learn more about Joyce's life, and the work of women like her on our #Quincy400 Facebook page!

Old Colony Ave. was once the home of the Howard Johnson's Candy Factory, which produced such delicacies as the Crispette, the Coconut Double Bar, and the Milk Chocolate with Almonds Bar. Visit the #Quincy400 FB page to view other wrappers from this iconic brand.

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