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New Hampshire WWI Military: More Heroes of Carroll County

Posted on 6 November, 2018 by Janice Brown

The WWI soldiers in these biographies were credited to a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire. WWI deaths were attributed to a specific town based on a variety of criteria that was not always consistent from town to town. Their … Continue reading →

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Ashland New Hampshire’s Famed Miniaturist Painter: Bertha Loraine (Webster) Starr (1886-1966)

Posted on 2 October, 2018 by Janice Brown

A miniaturist artist is known as a “painter in little.” This style of painting began to thrive in France and Italy during the Renaissance. Later miniature portraits of the saints were hand-painted in missals, and the tiny portraits of the … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire in WWI: Heroes of Dublin

Posted on 11 August, 2018 by Janice Brown

I have been writing about the towns in New Hampshire that had reported deaths in World War I, focusing on those places with residents who made the supreme sacrifice. I am making an exception for Dublin, New Hampshire. This is … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire’s First Cattle: Captain Mason’s Yellow Cowes

Posted on 1 June, 2018 by Janice Brown

June 1st is World Milk Day and this is National Dairy Month, so it’s the perfect day to write about cows and cattle. It is also time for a confession of sorts–the black and white Holstein cow that I have … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire WWI Military: Heroes of Goffstown

Posted on 24 May, 2018 by Janice Brown

It was less than a year before the World War would be declared by the United States that Goffstown dedicated a monument to its Civil War heroes on 16 June 1916.  The monument was a gift to the town of … Continue reading →

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