Concord – Live Free and Draw

Mayflowers (B K Jones, April 25th 1858) (Guest Post)

1858: Burleigh K. Jones has some fun times planned for May Day, but life around the capital still seems unbearably dull… (Drawn by guest artist Althea Barton)

Marek

1 April, 2013

1850s, Concord, Contoocook Village, guest artist, hiking, Jones Brothers’ Civil War Letters, NH culture, NH history, SOURCE=HopkintonHistoricalSociety

burleigh, civil war, concord, contoocook, letter, May Day

Swett 2: Concord Train Station

1865: In which we meet a colorful local character…

Marek

2 January, 2013

1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, Concord, Henniker, Pembroke, SOURCE=HHS, weather, William B. Swett

concord, Pembroke, train, William B. Swett

Gen. John Adams Dix (State House)

A nine-foot-tall portrait of NH native John A. Dix, who, as President Buchanan’s Secretary of the Treasury, set “the hearts of the people everywhere ablaze”… NEXT: The famous “Shoot Him On the Spot” memo >> John Adams Dix (born in Boscawen, 1798) issued what the NY Herald called “the first command to shed blood that…

Marek

12 November, 2012

1860s, Boscawen, Civil War, Concord, John Adams Dix, NH State House, portraits

Harriet Patience Dame (State House)

From a portrait at the NH State House.

Marek

5 November, 2012

1800-1899, 2nd NH, Civil War, Concord, Harriet Patience Dame, medicine, NH people, NH State House, North Barnstead, portraits, SOURCE=NH.gov

civil war, harriet patience dame, medicine, nurse, state house

Col. Joseph Cilley (State House)

From a portrait at the NH State House.

Marek

4 November, 2012

1800-1899, NH people, NH State House, Nottingham, portraits, War of 1812

John Hale Statue (Concord)

John P. Hale was a radical anti-slavery Republican during the Civil War.

Marek

27 October, 2012

1800-1899, Concord, Dover, NH State House, politics, Rochester, statues

anti-slavery, civil war, hale, john p. hale, republican, senator

John Stark Statue (Concord)

Sketching statues on the State House lawn today, I found myself drawn to Major General John Stark’s defiant stance beneath the falling maple leaves…

Marek

26 October, 2012

1700-1799, Concord, John Stark, Londonderry, Manchester, NH State House, revolutionary era, statues

bennington, bunker hill, concord, fall, John Stark, leaves, revolution, state house, statue

NHTI Parking Lot (Concord)

A back parking lot at the New Hampshire Technical Institute contains at least one surprising vehicle …

Marek

26 October, 2012

2000-2099, Alan Shepard, Christa McAuliffe, Concord, science

astronomy, christa mcauliffe, nhti, parking, rocket, school bus, space

Civic Ignorance (w/ Justice David Souter)

A comics discussion with former Supreme Court Justice David Souter…

Marek

29 September, 2012

2000-2099, Concord, constitution, David Souter, education, NH people, politics

civic, constitution, david souter, democracy, education, government, ignorance, supreme court

Daniel Webster Statue (Concord)

Sketch of the Daniel Webster statue in front of the NH State House:

Marek

14 September, 2012

Concord, Daniel Webster, NH people, NH State House, politics, statues

concord, Daniel Webster, history, nh, state house, statue

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…

Marek

8 September, 2012

architecture, NH culture, NH State House, religion

bible, facade, government, nh, porch, religion, state house