Category: graves & memorials

• “Rene Gagnon” by Nikki (GUEST POST)

  

  Dover guest artist Nikki introduces us to a famous marine, Manchester native Rene Gagnon:

  Marek

  28 April, 2015

  1940s, graves & memorials, guest artist, Manchester, WWII

  Iwo Jima, manchester, marines, Rene Gagnon, World War II

• Colby 45: The Bones They Found

  

  1862: Recognizing the anniversary of the Battle of Ball’s Bluff (1861) …

  Marek

  19 November, 2013

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, graves & memorials, NH history, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS

  ball’s bluff, civil war, Freeman Colby, Maryland, Potomac

• Company B Fall in for Dinner (Jones, June 13th 1862, #2)

  

  1862: Burleigh K. Jones takes a break from letter writing to observe dinnertime; then he continues with some ghastly details from the Fair Oaks battlefield:

  Marek

  20 March, 2013

  1860s, 2nd NH, Civil War Letters & Diaries, graves & memorials, horses, Jones Brothers’ Civil War Letters, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

  burleigh jones, civil war, fair oaks, graves, letter, virginia

• Hawks 8: Miserable Night

  

  1862: Dr. Esther’s party passes a difficult first night in their new quarters …

  Marek

  19 February, 2013

  1860s, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, Esther Hill Hawks, graves & memorials, Reference Links, vermin

  beaufort, civil war, Esther Hill Hawks, south carolina

• In Goshen, It WAS a War…

  

  Now here’s something interesting we couldn’t help but notice about the John W. Gunnison roadside historical marker in Goshen…

  Marek

  1 December, 2012

  1850s, death, Goshen, graves & memorials, SOURCE=roadside markers

  goshen, John Gunnison

• Capt. John W. Gunnison (Goshen)

  

  A roadside marker in Goshen hints at stories & mysteries from the Wild West…

  Marek

  26 November, 2012

  1810s, 1830s, 1850s, death, education, Goshen, graves & memorials, SOURCE=roadside markers

  CO, goshen, Hopkinton, John Gunnison, massacre, St. Louis, UT, West Point

• Frederick Douglass Visits Pittsfield (1842)

  

  The famous abolitionist finds both prejudice and humanity in a NH graveyard: Douglass visited Pittsfield as part of a speaking tour through New England.  

  Marek

  14 November, 2012

  1840s, graves & memorials, Pittsfield, SOURCE=roadside markers

  1842, abolition, Frederick Douglass, grave, moses norris Jr., Pittsfield, slavery

• Moses Trussell (New London)

  

  Wounded at Bunker Hill, and everything after…

  Marek

  10 November, 2012

  1770s, 1840s, education, forestry, graves & memorials, Hopkinton, John Stark, Massachusetts, New London, Plaistow, revolutionary era, SOURCE=roadside markers

• Ward’s Arrival (Henniker, 1763)

  

  Some of Henniker’s earliest settler families arrive in town…

  Marek

  1 November, 2012

  1760s, 1770s, Amherst, colonial, construction, death, food, forestry, graves & memorials, Henniker, milk, Nashua, SOURCE=Cogswell

  butter, cabin, construction, farm, settlers, stumo, table, tree

• Woman from Lyndeborough (Antrim, 1812)

  

  If you read the town histories, these sorts of things happened all the time back in the day:

  Marek

  29 October, 2012

  1810s, Antrim, death, graves & memorials, Lyndeborough

  antrim, burial, death, grave, lyndeborough, missing, stone, woman

• Stark Park (Manchester)

  

  A visit to John Stark‘s grave as the light fades on 24 Hour Comics Day 2012 …

  Marek

  20 October, 2012

  “Live Free or Die”, 2000-2099, graves & memorials, John Stark, Manchester

  24 hour comics, grave, John Stark, manchester, memorial, quotes, revolution, statue

• Unknown Soldier (Stoddard, 1864)

  

  Henry Stevens finally joins the 18th NH volunteers, but he never makes it into battle… SOURCE: HSCC Monadnock Moment No. 029: Stoddard’s Unknown Soldier Originally published in Monadnock History Comics (Keene Sentinel, 2005) Discussion questions:  This episode mentions the names of several historical figures. Which names do you recognize? Why are they famous? Abraham Lincoln William Tecumseh Sherman…

  Marek

  8 August, 2012

  1860s, Civil War, death, graves & memorials, NH history, SOURCE=HSCC, Stoddard

  casualties, civil war, doctors, grave, illness, medicine, soldiers, stoddard, unknown soldier