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JAS members and guests braved the rain on the August Bank Holiday weekend to participate in a walking tour of the Thames, led by Blue Badge Guide Simon Rodway of Silver Cane Tours.  The walk from Canary Wharf to the Tower of London explored the history of London’s old docks and even turned up a group of pirates, who were happy to pose for a ...

Members and guests enjoyed celebrating American Independence Day with a pub social in Pimlico, London.

With the stars and stripes flying, JAS staked a claim on the back section of the pub and guests passed an enjoyable evening with drinks, conversation and nachos!

Two projects from the UK have reached the final of the Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund 2013 competition.  The two JAS members leading these projects, Saima Williams and Zubeda Limbada, need support from fellow alumni!  Alumni can support the projects by voting for them on the International Exchange Alumni website (visit the project page, via the links below, and click on the green thumbs up sign; members ...

On 22 May, JAS members were treated to a private tour of the Metropolitan Police’s Crime Museum at New Scotland Yard.  Formerly known as the Black Museum, the collection houses criminal memorabilia collected by the Metropolitan Police from the 1870s onwards. For more information see: http://www.met.police.uk/history/crime_museum.htm

This was a unique opportunity to look into London’s less salubrious past as the museum is not normally open to the ...

On 26 April 2013 the John Adams Society held its first event in Scotland, which was hosted by the Royal Society of Edinburgh and attended by JAS members, other IVLP alumni who we hope will be joining the Society, and others from across business and academia.  The focal point of the evening was a thoroughly captivating and inspiring presentation by Olympic Rowing Gold Medallist Katherine Grainger.

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The Society’s second Annual Lecture 2012 took place on Thursday 15th November at Deputy Chief of Mission, Minister Barbara Stephenson’s home, Wychwood House. This year’s guest lecturer was Heather Smith, President of Rock the Vote, the nonpartisan organisation famed for mobilising and empowering the US youth vote.

Under Smith’s leadership, Rock the Vote has built new and innovative ways to ensure the continued engagement of young voters. ...

On Monday 10th September, in the immediate aftermath of both the Republican and Democratic conventions in the US, JAS members gathered in a packed House of Commons committee room for London’s first Presidential debate in advance of November’s election.

Chaired and organised by Jonathan Isaby, JAS Formal Events Officer, the case for re-electing President Obama was put by Rob Carolina, who ...

As the countdown to November’s US Presidential Election continues, the John Adams Society held a Preview Breakfast on Tuesday, June 12th with two of America’s leading political strategists, Ed Goeas and Celinda Lake.

Ed Goeas, CEO of the Tarrance Group, has a long ...

During the Annual General Meeting on March 6, members took a moment to share their thoughts on what Society membership brings them and what their highlights were from JAS’s first year.  Special AGM guest speaker, Ambassador Ereli, and JAS Chairman Muddassar Ahmed also explained why alumni associations, such as JAS, are important for US/UK relations.  Hear what they all had to say below: