John Adams Gets More Popular
In this month’s issue of Boston magazine, we wrote about the sudden interest tourists have taken in Quincy’s Adams National Historical Park, the birthplace of John Adams. Staffers at the park told us the number of visitors jumped significantly after the HBO miniseries about the patriot and second president aired this spring.
It looks like the park may have to prepare for an even bigger onslaught of history buffs. John Adams garnered 23 Emmy nominations this morning, making it the most-nominated television program of the year.
The miniseries was nominated in categories ranging from Best Hairstyling to a lead actor nod for Paul Giamatti. Laura Linney got some love for her portrayal of Abagail Adams, and the supporting actors who played George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin were also nominated in the supporting actor category.
You can see how the film adaptation of the second president’s life fares when the Emmy Awards air on September 21. We’re already powdering our wigs in anticipation.
July 18th, 2008 at 1:42 am
Hate to rain on your little self-congratulatory parade, but you big “scoop” about the Adams homestead was preceded by this article on the cover of the May 25 Boston Herald (keep pedaling, though):
Historic site booming thanks to HBO miniseries
Quincy is the hometown and burial place of two presidents, yet it’s a spot many Americans tend to overlook during historical pilgrimages to the Boston area.
But as the setting for a popular HBO miniseries - and the home of John Adams, our nation’s second president, and his son John Quincy Adams, the sixth - Quincy is at last becoming a major tourist draw. It is expected to attract a half-million people this year, twice as many visitors as a year ago.