Tag: concord

• 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

• 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

• 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