The most inadvertently prophetic words that Adams ever uttered were his last: Thomas Jefferson survives.
For it was the Jeffersonian image that broke free of the aggregated anonymity, the founders
or the fathers,
and eventually ascended into heaven with Washington. During the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the Jeffersonian legacy became the most adaptable and all-purpose political touchstone in American political history.
| Place | City | |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Morris State Historic Site | Midway | Earthwork fortification; building started in 1776 and it fell to the British in 1779. |
| Midway Church and Museum | Midway | Midway Church was burned during the war and rebuilt in 1792; the museum focuses on 18th and early 19th century life. |
| Savannah History Museum | Savannah | The 20,000 square foot museum stands on the site of the Battle of Savannah (1778). |
Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams (1993)