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New Hampshire WWI Military: Heroes of Tilton
On November 11, 1919, the first year anniversary of the Armistice, a photograph was taken of the welcome arch crossing Main Street in Tilton New Hampshire. This would have been located at approximately 276 Main Street, facing west. No doubt … Continue reading
Posted in History, Military of New Hampshire, NH WW1 Military
Tagged 1, 1917, 1918, 1919, American, Arch, Armistice, Eadie, Frank, Haire, Hampshire, Harold, I, Legion, Main, memorial, Milton, new, New Hampshire, NH, One, Randall, Raymond, Street, Tilton, town, VFW, war, Whiteman, William, world, WW, WW1, WWI
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New Hampshire Missing Places: Information Booths
Starting at least by the 1930s, about the same time that the federal government became involved in making improvements to many state-owned park properties, a small building was erected in many towns and cities, designed to be an “Information Booth, … Continue reading
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Tagged Area, Booth, building, cottage, Info, Information, Rest, Safety, tourist, town, visitor
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New Hampshire’s First Female Selectman: Lenna Gwendolen (Wilson) Perry (1899-1986)
The small town of Sharon, located in the Monadnock region, is prominent in history for being the location of New Hamphire’s first female selectman. Even today Sharon’s population is only 340 people. Lenna Gwendolen Wilson came from a well-known local … Continue reading
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Tagged female, first, Jaffrey, Lenna, Perry, representative, selectman, selectperson, selectwoman, Sharon, town, town clerk, Wilson, woman
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New Hampshire’s Year Without a Summer
The year 1816 is known among the few old men who remember it as “the year without a summer.” … Continue reading
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Tagged 1815, 1816, atmosphere, census, crops, debris, drop, eruption, Frost, Hampshire, harvest, ice, Java, lowered, Midwest, moved, new, New Hampshire, NH, no, Ohio, Summer, Tamboro, temperature, town, volaano, west, winter, without
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New Hampshire Glossary: Selectman
Selectmen, or assessors are the elected officials of a town. This term evolved from “ten men” (c1634) to “select … Continue reading
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Tagged assessor, glossary, men, select, selectmen, town, woman
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