Category: WWII

• “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

• Henniker Provides (WWII) (Guest Post)

  

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

  Marek

  20 May, 2013

  1940s, guest artist, Henniker, metals & minerals, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, WWII

  bombs, Henniker, metal, planes, thrift, wwii

• Thanksgiving in Henniker, 1941 (Guest Post)

  

  An 8th grade cartoonist explores changing attitudes leading up to World War II via an imagined Thanksgiving dinner in Henniker in 1941:

  Marek

  26 November, 2012

  1940s, guest artist, Henniker, WWII

  Henniker, wwii

• Choosing Freedom (1945)

  

  The people of New Hampshire choose their first official state motto …

  Marek

  10 October, 2012

  “Live Free or Die”, 1940s, 1970s, government, legislative branch, WWII

  democracy, freedom, government, John Stark, legislature, license plates, live free or die, motto, nh, state, wwii

• Ground Observer Corps (Marlow, 1941)

  

  Citizens of Marlow volunteer to defend their town’s night skies…

  Marek

  7 August, 2012

  1940s, Marlow, NH history, SOURCE=HSCC, WWII

  cold, dog, farm, planes, volunteer, winter, wwii