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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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New Hampshire WWI Military: Heroes of Berlin

Posted on 12 February, 2017 by Janice Brown

In his inaugural address of 1921, the Honorable Eli J. King, Mayor of Berlin, New Hampshire stated:  “A Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial has been purchased and will be placed in the park near the Grand Trunk Station this spring. This … Continue reading →

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The Faces of Warren Plummer & Eliza Ann (Pease) Tenney of New Hampshire and Vermont

Posted on 22 December, 2016 by Janice Brown

The faces of Eliza Ann Pease and her second husband, Warren Plummer Tenney, peer out from worn and speckled photographs. These are gem-sized pictures, designed to be inserted into jewelry, that managed to remain in their paper wrappers, and were … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire WWI Military: Private Victor Lemay of Concord NH (1898-1918)

Posted on 20 November, 2016 by Janice Brown

Victor Willie Lemay was born 20 August 1898 in Concord NH, 8th child and son of John & Bridget (Cavanaugh/Kavanagh) Lemay. His father’s occupation on his birth record was painter. His mother was the daughter of Gile Kavanagh. His father, … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire WWI Military: Heroes of Manchester

Posted on 10 November, 2016 by Janice Brown

Manchester, New Hampshire sent its full quota of young men to serve during the World War (or World War I as we call it now). Of those soldiers, at least 140 did not return home alive. It is of those … Continue reading →

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