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Massachusetts Historical SocietyFenway / Back Bay

We The People: The Adamses & the U.S. Constitution

Now showing14 September 2026 – 19 December 2026Free

Documents and artifacts from the Adams Presidential Library trace how Americans moved from the weak Articles of Confederation through debates over state versus centralized power to a ratified U.S. Constitution.

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