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Historic Deerfield’s Blog About Abigail and John, Part 2: Friendship with Thomas Jefferson

June 5, 2020 – In Historic Deerfield’s second post about Abigail and John Adams, author David Bruce Smith explores the...

Historic Deerfield’s Blog About Abigail & John, Part 1 by David Bruce Smith

May 15, 2020 – Historic Deerfield’s resident historians pose questions to Smith, author of Abigail & John, a nonfiction children’s...

Grateful Americans: An Interview with David Bruce Smith by the National Endowment for the Humanities

May 14, 2020 – An interview with David Bruce Smith; writer, editor, publisher. He is president of the Grateful American...

Instructional Video for Teachers and Parents to Use in Conjunction with “Abigail & John”

March 25, 2020 – From Executive Producer David Bruce Smith, comes a new instructional video that offers teachers and parents...

It took a Long Time for Abigail and John Adams to secure a place in history. Now, what?

February 26, 2020 – Listen to the Podcast with Louise Mirrer, President & CEO of New-York Historical Society, and author...

Illustrating a Historical Partnership: Abigail and John Adams

February 24, 2020 – In an interview with National Museum of Women in the Arts, David Bruce Smith discussed the...

Abigail Adams warned her husband, “Remember the Ladies” Did She Forsee the Suffrage Movement?

Molly Smith, Artistic Director at Arena Stage, and Author David Bruce Smith, Ponder it. February 14, 2020 – Listen to...

Have We Deviated From John Adams’s Vision for Education, or Is the System too Sick to Fix?

February 3, 2020 – Author David Bruce Smith interviews Grace Leatherman, Executive Director, National Council for History Education.

Martha Meehan-Cohen, Director of Advancement of the Supreme Court Historical Society, and David Bruce Smith, author of Abigail & John, on John Marshall, George Washington, and John Adams

January 20, 2020 – In this interview, Martha Meehan-Cohen and David Bruce Smith talk about George Washington and John Adams’s...

GW Today: Ensuring That History Isn’t Just His Story

January 9, 2020 – George Washington Today interviewed author David Bruce Smith about “Abigail & John,” the inaugural book in...

Alex Nyerges, Director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and Author David Bruce Smith, Discuss Art in Storytelling

December 22, 2019 – They talked about the ways in which paintings and drawings stimulate children to understand their heritage,...

Author David Bruce Smith and Julie Silverbrook of ConSource Discuss Abigail & John

December 17, 2019 – ConSource Executive Director Julie Silverbrook speaks with David Bruce Smith, author of the children’s history book,...

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