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Tag Archives: years
New Hampshire’s Suffrage Anniversary: 18 & 26 August 2020
Today is a landmark day not only for New Hampshire but for the United States–the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. By a vote of 50-47, Tennessee became the last state needed to … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Women
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100 Years Ago: Anti-Suffrage New Hampshire Women
Today and with our current mindset, I know it is difficult to grasp that some women in New Hampshire did not want any women to have the right to vote in local and national elections. They did exist, but seemingly … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged 100, 19, 19th, against, Ago, Amendment, anniversary, anti, anti-suffrage, antis, Hampshire, new, New Hampshire, NH, suffrage, vote, women, years
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One Hundred Years Ago: New Hampshire’s Thanksgiving of 1919
Thanksgiving Day of 1919 was celebrated with feelings of both great sorrow and hope. Within the previous two years, at least 4,000 New Hampshire residents had died before their time (war causalities plus those who died unexpectedly from the flu). … Continue reading
Posted in History, Military of New Hampshire, NH Tidbits, NH WW1 Military
Tagged 100, 1919, Ago, bank, Day, Farmington, flavors, Hampshire, hand grenade, Hillsborough, hundred, ice cream, local, Milford, Nashua, new, New Hampshire, news, NH, One, Peterborough, Thanksgiving, Victory Arch, years
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Cow Hampshire Blog Turns 13
Some consider the number 13 to be unlucky, but then some folks think cows are useless animals. Both are wrong. On 16 March of 2006 after losing my twin sister to cancer, I began writing a blog, for it had … Continue reading
Posted in History, Personal History, Really Old News
Tagged 13, blog, luck, old, thirteen, unlucky, years
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200 Years Old: The New Hampshire State House in Concord
I first wrote about the New Hampshire State House in 2006, when the building was only 187 years old, and since then I’ve updated that story several times. This year (2019) the building is officially 200 years old, and … Continue reading
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Tagged 200, anniversary, building, Concord, General Court, Governor, Hampshire, house, hundred, legislature, new, New Hampshire, NH, old, state, State House, statehouse, two, years
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