President of facility honoring Quincy presidents sets high expectation. What he aspires to

QUINCY On John Adams’ 289th birthday, inaugural president of the Adams Presidential Center, Kurt Graham, made a bold statement about the organization’s ambitions.

“We have every intention of putting the Adams Presidential Center on a par with Mount Vernon and Monticello,” said Graham, who directed the Harry Truman Presidential in Missouri for nine years, overseeing a massive, $30 million renovation project.