[quote] 1)Name/Picture 2)Date of Birth/Death (if unknown guestimate) 3)Why you feel they should be remembered. 4)FUN FACTS! [/quote] 1) John Adams 2) 30 October 1735 - 4 July 1826 3) He was a driving force behind the Declaration of Independence, 1st US Ambassador to Great Britain, 1st Vice President under President Washington. 2nd President of the US. Kept the United States out of a war with Napoleonic France. 4) 1st President to reside in the White House. Died on the same day as his good friend Thomas Jefferson. Wrote beautiful letters to his wife Abigail. Some of his writings concerning the future of the US could be taken as prophetic.