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24 June, 201321 December, 2014 Marek 1860s, 2nd US Sharpshooters, Civil War, Fitzwilliam, Keene, NH history, SOURCE=HSCC, turkey

White 01: To Make a String

1861: A recruiter for the new Sharpshooter Regiments arrives at Keene...

22 June, 201323 April, 2014 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, NH history, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 28: Not Far Away

1862: While waiting in camp at Washington, Colby hears news of nearby engagements...

15 June, 201327 March, 2014 Marek 1860s, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, Esther Hill Hawks, medicine, NH history

Hawks 11: Every Indignity Which Human Ingenuity Could Devise

1862: Even worse than property damage is the abuse of former slaves by Northern soldiers ...

11 June, 201319 September, 2013 Marek events

Family Comics @ Keene Public Library (July-August 2013)

DAY 1 = 6 July (Saturday) 10-1 ~ DAY 2 = 3 August (Saturday) 10-1

5 June, 20133 August, 2013 Marek events

HEROES Exhibit (Newport)

LIVE FREE AND DRAW debuts the latest Esther Hill Hawks poster in this community-wide open show...

4 June, 201313 January, 2015 Marek 1860s, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, Esther Hill Hawks, Freedmen, Massachusetts, medicine, NH history, posters

Hawks: Nursing the 54th Massachusetts (poster)

1863: Dr. Esther Hill Hawks confronts many of her own racial preconceptions when she finds herself managing the camp hospital that receives over 500 wounded men of the 54th MA following their assault on Fort Wagner...

29 May, 201329 May, 2013 Marek guest artist, projects

Sources for Newspapers (Guest Project Post)

"Drawing from the Past" workshop participant Doug McVicar sends along these valuable resources for finding primary source material in old newspaper archives:

20 May, 201326 June, 2013 Marek 1940s, guest artist, Henniker, metals & minerals, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, WWII

Henniker Provides (WWII) (Guest Post)

Henniker sends metal to Berlin as part of the war effort... (Drawn by guest artist / art teacher Todd Storro)

15 May, 201329 May, 2013 Marek events

“Drawing from the Past”: History Comics Workshop for Educators & Others… (15 May, Plymouth)

Resource post from a day-long workshop exploring Local History Comics...

13 May, 201315 February, 2015 Marek 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, NH history, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS

Colby 27: Ellsworth & Lee

1862: Colby surveys his surroundings & recalls the big names that shaped history here ...

11 May, 2013 Marek 1860s, Contoocook Village, goose, guest artist, guns, Jones Brothers' Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety, turkey

Thanksgiving Letter (B K Jones, Dec 2d 1860, #3) (Guest Post)

1860: Burleigh sends news about his family's Thanksgiving activities...

30 April, 20133 August, 2013 Marek events

Junior Historians’ Week @ Sandwich, NH (22-26 July)

Join us for a week of local history exploration & discovery at Sandwich Historical Society...

29 April, 201329 April, 2013 Marek 1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, hiking, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, tourism, weather, White Mountains, William B. Swett

Swett 10: Snow-balling in June

1865: The restorative powers of the White Mountains during the closing months of the Civil War...

28 April, 20135 June, 2013 Marek events

MECAF 2013 @ Portland, ME (19 May)

LIVE FREE AND DRAW shares a table with the e'er-verdant Trees & Hills Comics Group at Northern New England's premiere indie comics show!

28 April, 20135 May, 2013 Marek events

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2013 @ Rochester, NH (4 May)

"Live Free And Draw" will appear @ the COMICS WORKSHOP table @ Rochester, NH's Town-Wide Celebration...

24 April, 201323 April, 2014 Marek 1860s, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, education, Esther Hill Hawks, Freedmen, NH history, Reference Links

Hawks 23: 300 Pupils

1862: Dr. Esther loses her voice teaching 300 freedmen students at a time ...

22 April, 201327 March, 2014 Marek 1860s, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, education, Esther Hill Hawks, Freedmen, libraries, NH history

Hawks 22: Eager to Go to School

1862: Roman poets among the ruins ...

17 April, 201323 April, 2014 Marek 1860s, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, Esther Hill Hawks, Reference Links

Hawks 10: Mere Love of Destroying

1862: Dr. Hawks continues to document the depredations of Union troops occupying coastal South Carolina ...

13 April, 201311 May, 2013 Marek 1860s, chicken, Contoocook Village, guest artist, guns, Jones Brothers' Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

Thanksgiving Letter (B K Jones, Dec 2d 1860, #2) (Guest Post)

1860: Burleigh relates a classic NH Thanksgiving... (Drawn by guest artist Dan Haines of Hopkinton)

11 April, 201312 April, 2013 Marek 1920s, Colebrook, Columbia, religion

NH’s Largest Comic Strip? (Columbia)

This comic takes the form of 16 stone panels stretching over an enormous wooded semi-circle... and the surprise ending will really rev you up!

10 April, 201314 September, 2017 Marek 1860s, chicken, Contoocook Village, Jones Brothers' Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

Thanksgiving Letter (B K Jones, Dec 2d 1860, #1)

1860: Burleigh's recently back from the 1860 Republican convention in Chicago, and he can't wait to tell his brother all about the celebrations back on the farm in Contoocook: