As the ceremony in Washington, D.C., took place, John Quincy Adams's home state of Massachusetts also celebrated his 4 March 1825 inauguration with fanfare. The Boston Commercial Gazette, 7 March 1825, printed an account of the day's events throughout Massachusetts, which included "repeated salutes of artillery" from several towns at dawn, noon, and sunset, and "national flags" displayed from "vessels, forts, gun houses, &c." Throughout the state Adams's inauguration "was honored by public dinners, balls, illuminations, bonfires, and other demonstrations of joy." That evening 500 Bostonians attended a dinner in Adams's honor at Faneuil Hall, which "was decorated for the occasion in the most tasteful and elegant manner." After dinner several toasts and odes "were announced," including the "Adams Ode" written by Boston banker and poet Charles Sprague (1791–1875). The second toast of the evening was to the new president: "The land of his nativity rejoices in the brightness of his fame; may the whole people be made glad by the wisdom of his administration." {{Allen Johnson, Dumas Malone, and others, eds., Dictionary of American Biography, New York, 1928–1936; repr. New York, 1955–1980; 10 vols. plus index and supplements.}}