Category: religion
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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
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NH Constitution Article 5: Religious Freedom Recognized.
A logical extension of freedom of conscience.
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An Interview with the Devil (Peterborough) (GUEST POST)
Guest artist Malcolm (of Dublin, NH) dramatizes of an old supernatural fiddler legend from Peterborough…
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“No Doing Things on a Sunday” (Peterborough, 1700s) (GUEST POST)
Peterborough resident Daniel portrays the strict sabbath laws of the town’s early settlers, as related in Kinscella’s Chronicles of Peterborough: NEXT: One practical joke from 1754 >>
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Safe House
After a harrowing experience in backwoods Georgia, Jonathan Daniels arrives at Atlanta in the middle of the night ..
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Of One Blood All Nations (Sandwich, NH)
1838: Sandwich petitions Congress to end the “nefarious traffic in slaves” in the District of Columbia…
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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!
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Sarah Josepha Hale on Thanksgiving (1864)
Hale reflects on the national holiday she helped create in the midst of Civil War. (Note her “peculiarly” 19th century conceptions of politics, gender, charity, & religion.)
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Welcome to New Hampshire (Hopkinton, 1781)
Mr. Peabody just wants to drive his oxen from Maine to his new home in Henniker, NH…
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Hurricane Letter from Henniker (1938) (Part 3)
Dorothy’s account of the Hurricane of ’38 continues, with some rather surprising twists…
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Powers of Witches (Weare)
Here’s an overview of witches and their supernatural powers, from the early days of Weare:
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Live Free in Court
The story of the NH state motto takes a surprising turn: Are we free to NOT display it? << BEFORE: Choosing a state motto … NEXT: Live free or die in the U.S. SUPREME COURT! >> SOURCES:
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State House Facade (Concord)
Here’s a QUICK SKETCH of the State House East Facade, with special surprise reading… I just could not help but notice that, even though I’ve spent countless hours drawing in tons of churches and cathedrals, I have simply never before encountered an actual BIBLE READING MARATHON… until I sat down on the NH State House…