Oh, what I would give to have an hour with Sam Adams! (The man, not the beer.) I would mostly listen, but I certainly would find a moment to thank this quintessential patriot for his indispensable role in the American Revolution.

Born in Boston on Sept. 27, 1722, Adams should be prominently remembered when we celebrate America’s 250th next year.

In his 1918 book The Eve of the Revolution , historian Carl L. Becker wrote:

“No one, in the year 1770, was better fitted than Samuel Adams, either by talent and temperament or the circumstances of his position, to push the continent into a rebellion. Unlike most of his patriot friends, he had neither private business nor private profession to fall back upon when public affairs grew tame, his only business being, as one might say, the public b

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