Secrets of US Presidential Diaries — VOA Learning English
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One early morning in Washington, D.C., many years ago, the president of the United States took off his clothes and jumped into the Potomac river. Moments later, he saw a dead man float to the surface.
The president was John Quincy Adams, the nation’s sixth leader. And we know about the incident because he wrote about it in his diary.
A diary is a daily record of events of one’s life, especially of personal experiences and thoughts.
American presidents from George Washington to Joe Biden, have been known to keep diaries. The men wrote about everyday experiences and thoughts. They also wrote about important decisions they made and the reasoning behind such decisions.
Adams called his diary his…
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