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100 Years Ago: New Hampshire’s WWI Letters of Death and Heroism

Posted on 24 February, 2017 by Janice Brown

To most people WWI is a just a series of statistics or a list of famous battles. Perhaps you can remember names of a few high ranking officers. It is the men in the trenches (and the women in the … Continue reading →

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Franconia New Hampshire’s Indian Head Profile

Posted on 24 October, 2016 by Janice Brown

An enormous stone face peers from a cliff on Mount Pemigewasset, in Franconia, New Hampshire. It sits not far from where its  brother rock, The Old Man of the Mountains, once ruled the valley from his own prominence. The website, … Continue reading →

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Hoofing it in Canterbury NH — May 2, 2015 Heifer Parade

Posted on 1 May, 2015 by Janice Brown

This moo-ving story is just too cute not to publicize.  Saturday May 2, 2015 is the date of Canterbury Shaker Village’s 2nd Annual Heifer Parade with Food and Fiddle.  We complained more than once in the past few months about … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire and the Easter Bonnet

Posted on 19 April, 2014 by Janice Brown

I am not making a claim that New Hampshire invented the ‘Easter Bonnet.’   Head-gear has been worn by women as far back as the Middle Ages, and probably much earlier in both cold and warm climates. It would not be … Continue reading →

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1786 Poem: "The Grumbling Clown"

Posted on 25 August, 2008 by Janice Brown

Beneath an oak a rustick clown
 Lay lounging in the shade,
Complaining loud of Fortune's gifts,
 And call'd her — … Continue reading →

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