Category: government

• Republic of Indian Stream (Highway Marker #0001)

  

  “Once a sovereign nation”…

  Marek

  7 May, 2018

  1800-1899, 1830s, 1840s, constitution, SOURCE=roadside markers

  Canada, constitution, Indian Stream, markers, Pittsburg, United States

• NH Constitution Article 10: Right of Revolution.

  

  “The people MAY and of right OUGHT TO…”

  Marek

  22 June, 2016

  1780s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

  constitution, corruption, nh, revolution, state

• NH Constitution Article 9: No Hereditary Office or Place

  

  Free elections, not family dynasties!

  Marek

  20 June, 2016

  1780s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

  constitution, nh, state

• NH Constitution Article 8: Accountability of Magistrates & Officers; Public’s Right to Know.

  

  Open, accessible government, for the people…

  Marek

  18 June, 2016

  1780s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

  accountability, constitution, nh, public, state

• NH Constitution Article 7: State Sovereignty.

  

  State’s rights, reserved for the people of NH…

  Marek

  16 June, 2016

  1780s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

  constitution, nh, rights, state

• NH Constitution Article 6: Morality and Piety.

  

  This one explains why public schools and other state institutions don’t celebrate any one religion’s holidays

  Marek

  17 March, 2016

  1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, religion, SOURCE=NH.gov

  constitution, morality, nh, religion, rights

• NH Constitution Article 5: Religious Freedom Recognized.

  

  A logical extension of freedom of conscience.

  Marek

  14 March, 2016

  1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, religion, SOURCE=NH.gov

  constitution, god, nh, religion, rights, state government

• NH Constitution Article 4: Rights of Conscience Unalienable

  

  Some rights you just can’t give away.

  Marek

  13 March, 2016

  1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

  conscience, constitution, nh, rights, state government

• NH Constitution Article 3: Society, its Organization and Purposes

  

  Balancing NATURAL RIGHTS with the compromises and exchanges of SOCIETY…

  Marek

  9 March, 2016

  1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

  constitution, feature, nh, rights, society, state government

• NH Constitution Article 2a: The Bearing of Arms

  

  This one’s short and to the point.

  Marek

  7 March, 2016

  1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

  arms, constitution, feature, nh, rights, state government

• NH Constitution Article 2: Natural Rights

  

  Life, liberty, property, happiness… This article has it all.

  Marek

  1 March, 2016

  1780s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

  constitution, happiness, liberty, nh, property, rights, state government

• NH Constitution Article 1: Equality of People; Origin & Object of Government

  

  “All [people] are born equally FREE and INDEPENDENT…”

  Marek

  29 February, 2016

  1780s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.gov

  constitution, equality, feature, freedom, nh, rights, state government

• Mrs. Adam’s “NH Government” PART 3: State Judicial Branch (GUEST POST)

  

  Introducing the branch of government that helps us figure out how laws work:

  Marek

  29 April, 2015

  government, guest artist, judicial branch, Mrs. Adams’ “NH Government Comics”

  courts, crime, government, judicial branch, state government

• Mrs. Adams’ “NH Government Comics” PART 2: State Executive Branch (GUEST POST)

  

  Including a truly thrilling scene where an angel with a harp escorts a vetoed bill to a celestial RECYCLING BIN lit by apocalyptic lightning bolts…

  Marek

  23 April, 2015

  Dover, executive branch, government, guest artist, Mrs. Adams’ “NH Government Comics”

  executive branch, government, governor, state government

• Mrs. Adams’ “NH Government Comics” PART 1: State Legislative Branch (GUEST POST)

  

  Mrs. Adams’ 4th grade class in Dover is drawing a series called, “NH Government Comics”…

  Marek

  22 April, 2015

  Dover, government, guest artist, legislative branch, Mrs. Adams’ “NH Government Comics”

  dover, general court, government, house of representatives, senate, state government

• Curse of the Dead Dog Ballot Photo

  

  Here’s a spooky (true) NH tale to carry you over from Halloween to Election Tuesday…

  Marek

  31 October, 2014

  2000-2099, constitution, dogs, elections, government, NH history

  Akira, Andrew Langlois, constitution, curse, dog, election, free speech, Halloween, law, politics, RSA, voting

• “Vote First Or Die” by Eleri Mai Harris (GUEST POST)

  

  Guest artist ELERI MAI HARRIS presents this outsider’s view of the long-running political phenomenon that is New Hampshire!

  Marek

  11 November, 2013

  “Live Free or Die”, constitution, elections, guest artist, NH history, politics

  election, Eleri Mai Harris, nh primary, politics, vote

• Of One Blood All Nations (Sandwich, NH)

  

  1838: Sandwich petitions Congress to end the “nefarious traffic in slaves” in the District of Columbia…

  Marek

  6 November, 2013

  1830s, government, NH history, religion, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical

  abolition, congress, petition, sandwich, slavery

• Such an Offer (Colebrook)

  

  Class, pride, & democracy in the early days of a Northern NH community…

  Marek

  9 April, 2013

  1800-1899, Colebrook, government, NH history

  colebrook, corruption, samuel merrill, voting, walking

• Bridge Up, Money Down (Henniker)

  

  1780: How much rum does it take to build a bridge during a Revolution?

  Marek

  5 March, 2013

  1770s, 1780s, construction, Contoocook, government, Henniker, revolutionary era, SOURCE=Cogswell

  bridge, Henniker, money, revolution, rum

• Henniker 1861 School Committee Report (Part 3)

  

  1861: Parents! Lay not the flattering unction! …

  Marek

  21 February, 2013

  1860s, education, Henniker, SOURCE=HHS, town reports

  education, Henniker, parents, schools, teachers, town report

• Henniker 1861 School Committee Report (Part 2)

  

  1861: In its official report, the Henniker School Committee proceeds to excoriate parents & dispense vocational advice:

  Marek

  18 February, 2013

  1760s, 1860s, colonial, education, Henniker, SOURCE=HHS, town reports

  education, Henniker, parents, schools, teachers, town report

• Henniker 1861 School Committee Report (Part 1)

  

  1861: As the Civil War breaks wide open & Henniker issues its annual Town Report, the School Committee sounds an incendiary call to either FIX the schools, or DO AWAY with them altogether!

  Marek

  15 February, 2013

  1860s, education, Henniker, SOURCE=HHS, town reports

  education, Henniker, schools, town report

• Sabbath Hawks (Weare)

  

  What a difference a century of Holy Sundays can make!

  Marek

  27 January, 2013

  1600-1699, 1800-1899, chicken, colonial, eagle+hawk, hunting, judicial branch, Massachusetts, sabbath, SOURCE=Little, Weare

  Edward Gove, hawk, hunting, Josiah Gove, sabbath, weare