Abigail Adams was a fearless revolutionary – here’s how a minister’s daughter risked everything for American independence


by Fox News

Fox News— Born into a religious Massachusetts family that prized service over self, Abigail (Smith) Adams proved an illuminating spirit in America’s darkest days.

Fox News—Meet the American who never flinched in the fight for independence, Abigail Adams. "These are the times that try men’s souls," Thomas Paine wrote near the end of the turbulent, fear-filled year of 1776.  It was the soul of a woman, however, that defiantly withstood the weight of the trial — the miraculous fight for American independence — with five children at her hip. Abigail Adams never flinched, never wavered.  Neither the crown then nor fellow citizens today can mistake her gamble on a bold new nation called the United States.  MEET THE AMERICAN WHO MADE PRESCRIPTIONS...

WSTPost—Rep. Ilhan Omar’s daughter is among 108 protesters arrested at Columbia University’s pro-Palestinian camp as Mayor Eric Adams warns: ‘We will not be a city of lawlessness’. Representative Ilhan Omar's daughter Isra Hirsi was among at least 108 people arrested as police in riot gear moved in to break up the anti-Israel protest that rocked Columbia University in New York.New York City Mayor Eric Adams held a news conference Thursday evening to say that university President Nemat Shafik had asked police to eliminate a "clear and present threat" to campus safety.Tensions had been at their peak since protesters pitched their tents on the university's south lawn at 4...

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