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Category Archives: History
New Hampshire in WWI: Heroes of Raymond
The year 1917 was an especially difficult one for the Town of Raymond in Rockingham County, New Hampshire. A month before the United States declared war the town hall burned down (13 March 1917). According to the book, Images of … Continue reading
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New Hampshire in WWI: The Phelan Sisters of Milford
This is a short story about the Phelan Family of Cambridge MA who spent summers on their Milford, New Hampshire farm. The men mentioned served from Cambridge MA not Milford NH. One of the women in the story, Katherine … Continue reading
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New Hampshire Slanguage: Beach Wagon
I was looking at some 1960-ish photographs today, a few showing my family’s pale yellow beach wagon parked in the driveway. BEACH WAGON was the local (New England) term for what most people then called a “Station Wagon” (or a … Continue reading
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New Hampshire in World War I: U.S. Coast Guard Surfman George Henry Stenstream of Hampton and Rye
World War I was a war that most people wanted to forget. It was a terrible time both for the brave men and women in service, but also for those who remained at home. No one was safe from the … Continue reading
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New Hampshire WWI Military: Heroes of Francestown
Francestown was, and still is, a rural community southwest of Manchester, New Hampshire. In 1910 before the World War the town’s population was 602. Just a few years after the war in 1920 the census had drastically dropped to 363, … Continue reading
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