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NH Constitution Article 4: Rights of Conscience Unalienable

Some rights you just can’t give away.

Posted byMarek13 March, 201622 March, 2016Posted in1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.govTags:conscience, constitution, nh, rights, state governmentLeave a comment on NH Constitution Article 4: Rights of Conscience Unalienable

NH Constitution Article 3: Society, its Organization and Purposes

Balancing NATURAL RIGHTS with the compromises and exchanges of SOCIETY…

Posted byMarek9 March, 201622 March, 2016Posted in1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.govTags:constitution, feature, nh, rights, society, state governmentLeave a comment on NH Constitution Article 3: Society, its Organization and Purposes

Colby 116: Patient Patient

Newton’s story, continued …

Posted byMarek8 March, 20168 March, 2016Posted in1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHSTags:Henniker, hospital, newton colby, Parker Richardson, Thompson, washingtonLeave a comment on Colby 116: Patient Patient

NH Constitution Article 2a: The Bearing of Arms

This one’s short and to the point.

Posted byMarek7 March, 20169 March, 2016Posted in1980s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.govTags:arms, constitution, feature, nh, rights, state governmentLeave a comment on NH Constitution Article 2a: The Bearing of Arms

NH Constitution Article 2: Natural Rights

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

Posted byMarek1 March, 20167 March, 2016Posted in1780s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.govTags:constitution, happiness, liberty, nh, property, rights, state government1 Comment on NH Constitution Article 2: Natural Rights

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

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

Posted byMarek29 February, 20167 March, 2016Posted in1780s, constitution, government, NH culture, NH State Comicstitution, SOURCE=NH.govTags:constitution, equality, feature, freedom, nh, rights, state governmentLeave a comment on NH Constitution Article 1: Equality of People; Origin & Object of Government

Colby at Muddy Branch

Somehow, Colby has to get a pail of drinking water out of Muddy Branch Creek …

Posted byMarek8 February, 201623 January, 2022Posted in1800-1899, 1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, NH history, SOURCE=HHSTags:feature, Freeman Colby, Maryland, Muddy Branch, waterLeave a comment on Colby at Muddy Branch

Safe House

After a harrowing experience in backwoods Georgia, Jonathan Daniels arrives at Atlanta in the middle of the night ..

Posted byMarek27 July, 201527 July, 2015Posted in1960s, civil rights, Jonathan Daniels, Keene, NH history, Reference Links, religionTags:Atlanta, civil rights, coffee, Georgia, Jonathan Daniels, Judith Upham, segregation, travelLeave a comment on Safe House

Colby 115: Awaiting a Discharge

1863: Newton writes of his road to recovery & quest for a furlough …

Posted byMarek9 June, 20158 March, 2016Posted in1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHSTags:baltimore, civil war, Freeman Colby, Henniker, hospital, mail, newton colby, Parker Richardson, Philadelphia, washingtonLeave a comment on Colby 115: Awaiting a Discharge

Colby 114: Weak and Sick but Happy to be Home

1863: Finally, a letter arrives — brother Newton has made it back to New Hampshire!

Posted byMarek24 May, 20159 June, 2015Posted in1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Henniker, NH history, SOURCE=HHSTags:civil war, Freeman Colby, Henniker, mailLeave a comment on Colby 114: Weak and Sick but Happy to be Home

Colby 113: Lucky Soldier

1863: Colby receives the best birthday mail EVER from his family at New England …

Posted byMarek7 May, 201524 May, 2015Posted in1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, Henniker, NH history, SOURCE=HHSTags:civil war, Freeman Colby, Henniker, leona piper, Margaret Clement, Poolsville, robert harrimanLeave a comment on Colby 113: Lucky Soldier

The Road South

1965: Jonathan Daniels encounters roadside resistance on his way to help integrate Southern churches …

Posted byMarek5 May, 201527 July, 2015Posted in1960s, civil rights, Jonathan Daniels, Keene, NH history, Reference LinksTags:civil rights, coffee, gas, Georgia, Jonathan Daniels, segregation, travelLeave a comment on The Road South

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