Category Archives: New Hampshire Men

Merrimack New Hampshire’s Boston Post Cane

Posted on 27 August, 2019 by Janice Brown

I recently wrote about a custom unique to New England, namely the awarding of the Boston Post Cane.  I won’t be repeating all that background data, and instead focus on one New Hampshire town’s oldest cane recipients. Suffice it to … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Tidbits: Concord’s Bridges Mansion

Posted on 7 August, 2019 by Janice Brown

On Mountain Road at the east side of Concord sits a house that belongs to the State of New Hampshire, called the Bridges House. It was not built by the Bridges family, but was donated by them to be used … Continue reading →

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WW2 Veteran, Business Owner, Amateur Boxer of Manchester NH, the Polish Flash: Jan Zacharko aka John Harko (1906-1997)

Posted on 26 July, 2019 by Janice Brown

Manchester New Hampshire has long been a city built by immigrants. From the early settlers to the mill workers, most of them arrived to the area only a generation or two from an ancestor from another continent. In the very … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Tidbits: Not On The Fourth of July

Posted on 4 July, 2019 by Janice Brown

Many Americans accept the Fourth of July as the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. However it was not signed on that day. The Trenton (New Jersey) Evening Times of 26 March 1885 credits the research of … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Men Were Suffragists

Posted on 21 June, 2019 by Janice Brown

When we think of the events leading up to the passage of the 19th Amendment, we picture women in white parading in orderly fashion down wide avenues, or wearing large hats carrying placards in front of the White House. In … Continue reading →

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