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===Memorials=== {{external media | width = 210px | float = right | video1 = [http://www.c-span.org/video/?310725-1/first-lady-abigail-adams "First Lady Abigail Adams"], ''[[First Ladies: Influence & Image]]'', [[C-SPAN]]<ref name="cspan a">{{cite web | title =First Lady Abigail Adams | publisher =[[C-SPAN|CβSPAN]] | date =March 4, 2013 | url =http://www.c-span.org/video/?310725-1/first-lady-abigail-adams | access-date =November 2, 2014 }}</ref> }} The [[Abigail Adams Cairn]] β a mound of rough stones β crowns the nearby Penn Hill from which she and her son, John Quincy Adams, watched the [[Battle of Bunker Hill]] and the burning of Charlestown. At that time she was minding the children of [[Joseph Warren|Dr. Joseph Warren]], president of the [[Massachusetts Provincial Congress]], who was killed in the battle.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Holton|first1=Woody|title=Abigail Adams|date=2009|publisher=Free Press Division of Simon & Schuster|location=New York, NY|isbn=978-1-4165-4680-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/abigailadams00holt/page/79 79]|url=https://archive.org/details/abigailadams00holt/page/79}}</ref> One of the subpeaks of [[New Hampshire]]'s [[Mount Adams (New Hampshire)|Mount Adams]] (whose main peak is named for her husband) is named in her honor.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Taylor|first=Bethany|title=Abigail Adams Joins the Presidential Range|journal=Appalachia|volume =62|issue= 2|date=2011|publisher=Appalachian Mountain Club|page= 132}}</ref> In 2003, Adams was one of three women honored in a bronze sculpture as part of the Boston's Women Memorial on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall in Boston.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/05/04/arts/concert-celebrate-three-women-boston-womens-memorial/#:~:text=The%20final%20concert%20of%20Clausura%27s,history%20of%20Boston%2C%20she%20said|title=Concert to celebrate 'Three Women' of the Boston Women's Memorial|website=Boston Globe}}</ref> In 2022, a seven-foot tall bronze statue of Adams was unveiled in [[Quincy, Massachusetts]], on the Hancock Adams Common.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/-quincy-mayor-unveils-statue-of-americas-second-first-lady-abigail-adams/|title=Quincy Mayor Unveils Statue Of America's Second First Lady Abigail Adams|website=WBZ NewsRadio 1030}}</ref> An [[Adams Memorial]] has been proposed in Washington, D.C., honoring Adams, her husband, her son, and other members of their family.
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