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National Civic Learning Initiative Names Executive Director

July 31, 2025 |

Mary Ellen Auriemma to lead Educating for American Democracy from its new home at the Adams Presidential Center QUINCY, Mass. — (July 31, 2025) — The Adams Presidential Center today announced the appointment of Mary Ellen Auriemma as executive director of Educating for American Democracy (EAD), a nationwide effort to…

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Adams Presidential Center Announces Dr. Kurt Graham as Inaugural President

October 15, 2024 |

The Board of Directors of the Adams Presidential Center and Foundation in Quincy, Massachusetts, announces the selection of Dr. Kurt Graham as the inaugural president of the Adams Presidential Center. Dr. Graham comes to Quincy from the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri, where he served…

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

November 8, 2024 | The Patriot Ledger

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…

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