Tag: grave

• Frederick Douglass Visits Pittsfield (1842)

  

  The famous abolitionist finds both prejudice and humanity in a NH graveyard: Douglass visited Pittsfield as part of a speaking tour through New England.  

  Marek

  14 November, 2012

  1840s, graves & memorials, Pittsfield, SOURCE=roadside markers

  1842, abolition, Frederick Douglass, grave, moses norris Jr., Pittsfield, slavery

• Woman from Lyndeborough (Antrim, 1812)

  

  If you read the town histories, these sorts of things happened all the time back in the day:

  Marek

  29 October, 2012

  1810s, Antrim, death, graves & memorials, Lyndeborough

  antrim, burial, death, grave, lyndeborough, missing, stone, woman

• Stark Park (Manchester)

  

  A visit to John Stark‘s grave as the light fades on 24 Hour Comics Day 2012 …

  Marek

  20 October, 2012

  “Live Free or Die”, 2000-2099, graves & memorials, John Stark, Manchester

  24 hour comics, grave, John Stark, manchester, memorial, quotes, revolution, statue

• Unknown Soldier (Stoddard, 1864)

  

  Henry Stevens finally joins the 18th NH volunteers, but he never makes it into battle… SOURCE: HSCC Monadnock Moment No. 029: Stoddard’s Unknown Soldier Originally published in Monadnock History Comics (Keene Sentinel, 2005) Discussion questions:  This episode mentions the names of several historical figures. Which names do you recognize? Why are they famous? Abraham Lincoln William Tecumseh Sherman […]

  Marek

  8 August, 2012

  1860s, Civil War, death, graves & memorials, NH history, SOURCE=HSCC, Stoddard

  casualties, civil war, doctors, grave, illness, medicine, soldiers, stoddard, unknown soldier