It’s almost exactly 198 years ago that John Adams died (July 4, 1826), and 18 years since the HBO miniseries “John Adams” caught the public imagination and led to a widespread reconsideration of America’s much-maligned second president. The hoopla around that series has died down but the Adams’s home is still open to the public.
It’s funny the impact a memorial can have on you. Sometimes you see one portrayed in a book or TV show or film and, perhaps because of the context within which it was shown, and because it looks cool, it leaves a real impression in your mind. Then you forget all about it until, maybe years later, you see the memorial in person from a particular angle or in a particular way, and the mediated memories come flooding back.
Dougie Does Monuments 