Concord New Hampshire’s famous White Park shown in an antique postcard scene.
At an intersection of Washington and Center Streets in Concord New Hampshire can be found NH Historical Marker #147. This sign was placed here first in 1984 with the following description: “One of the oldest municipal parks in New Hampshire, White Park was conveyed to the city by Armenia White in 1884, in memory of her husband Nathaniel. Mr. White, a founder of the American Express Company, was a prominent businessman, legislator, and philanthropist. Both Mr. and Mrs. White were active in the abolition, temperance, and women’s suffrage movements. The park was designed by landscape architect Charles Eliot, and retains the character of his original design.” Continue reading →
Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, the Solstice, or all of these, Cow Hampshire has something to interest you. Take new look at both present and past holiday articles.
-You Know You Are Having A New Hampshire Christmas When…-
-Beware of Egg-Nog: An 1817 Warning-
-New Hampshire Border Guards, Cow Abduction and Holiday Blogs-
-New Hampsha's Weatha' Glossary-
-Poem: Christmas Tree, by Robert Frost-
-Up A New Hampshire Christmas Tree, by B. Elwin Sherman-
-New Hampshire: The First Turkey on Mount Washington-
-Are you an Elf, or Are you A Scrooge?-
*************************** Before this year disappears, I'd like to recognize a few of my blogger friends whose contributions are noteworthy…
My Genea-Blogging friends are itching for mischief this holiday season. They'd better watch out lest they receive only coal in their stockings!
In the first cartoon (shown above) the “Snowball Tossers,” in order of appearance are Terry from Hill Country of Monroe County Mississippi, fM of Footnote Maven, myself, Bill West of West in New England, and our celebrity guest, Bill Gates.
This third cartoon highlights the decorating the official Genealogy Christmas tree, and includes the trouble-making Mike O'Laughlin of Irish Roots Cafe, Becky from kinexxions, Steve Danko of Steve's Genealogy Blog, Chery from Nordic Blue, and Larry Lehmer of Passing It On.
I hope all of you enjoy my bit of fun, as laughter is my holiday gift to you. If you are in these cartoons and you want the coding [that places the actual movie versus just the link to it] to place them on your own blog, let me know soon (see note below when I am away). If you don't find yourself in these cartoons and you wanted to be, I apologize. Possibly I couldn't find a usable photograph of you.
******************************** *Away For The Holidays*
Please note that I'm going to be (mostly) away visiting friends and family, celebrating the holidays from Sunday December 23rd through December 26th. I've written articles in advance, that will automatically post to this blog. Feel free to leave comments.
Janice
P.S.: Notes on posting the code using Blogger: 1. Click on “Create” to bring up the Create Post screen. 2. Type in your post title, and any message you want before the cartoon. 3. Then click on the “Edit HTML” tab, (if it is not already selected) and paste the code into the form. 4. DO NOT click on “Compose” else your computer may freeze up. 5. Instead click on “Publish Post.” And then you may view the blog.
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What History Isn’t
“History isn’t about dates and places and wars. It’s about the people who fill the spaces between them.”
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