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Category Archives: History
New Hampshire's Decoration Day
New Hampshire, like many other northern states, first started celebrating what we call Memorial Day, as “Decoration Day” … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Glossary
Tagged Decoration Day, Memorial Day, New Hampshire, NH
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New Hampshire Missing Places: Dame’s Gore
In colonial times a gore was the name for a strip of land not large enough to create an entire … Continue reading
Posted in History, N.H. Missing Places
Tagged Co., county, Dame, Dame's Gore, Dorchester, gore, Gore Canaan, Grafton, Hampshire, land, New Hampshire, NH, strip
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