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New Hampshire Posters, Prints, Photographs, Calendars
for educators and home schoolers, themed decor in studio or office.
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geography > NA > US > NE> New Hampshire < social studies
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New Hampshire, known as the Granite State, joined the Union on June 21, 1788 as the 9th state. New Hampshire was named after the English county of Hampshire.
New Hampshire is in the New England Divison of the Northeast Region bordering Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north.
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| Old Man of the Mountain - “Men hang out their signs indicative of their respective trades. Shoemakers hang a gigantic shoe, jewelers a monster watch, even the dentist hangs out a gold tooth; but up in the Franconia Mountains God almighty has hung out a Sign, to Show that in New England He Makes Men.” ~ Daniel Webster |
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New Hampshire State Animal: White Tail Deer
Seeing a whitetail fawn in the woods is always a special thrill ...
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New Hampshire State Flower & Wild Flower
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| The purple lilac, Syringa vulgaris, was chosen as the NH state flower in 1919. |
The Pink Lady’s Slipper, Cypripedium acaule, native to New Hampshire's moist wooded areas, became the state’s wildflower in 1991. |
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Daniel Webster
b. 1-18-1782; Salisbury, NH
d. 10-24-1852
Daniel Webster, a leading statesman during the time between the founding of the US and the Civil War (Antebellum period) was one of the most famous orators in American history.
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Horace Greeley
b. 2-3-1811; Amherst, NH
d. 11-29-1872
Horace Greeley, newspaper editor, a founder of the Republican party, reformer and politician, advised young men to “Go West” and supported the homestead act.
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John Stark
b. 8-28-1728; Londonderry, NH
d. 5-8-1822
John Stark, a veteran of the French and Indian War as a Roger's Ranger, lead his New Hampshire militia into the Battle of Bunker Hill, Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton and Battle of Bennington, during the Revolutionary War.
Molly Stark, John's wife, gained historical notoriety due to her husband's battle call of “There are your enemies, the Red Coats and the Tories. They are ours, or this night Molly Stark sleeps a widow!” before engaging with the British and Hessian armies. She also nursed her husband's troops during a smallpox epidemic, using their home as a hospital.
John Stark is the source of the state of New Hamphire's motto “Live free or die.”
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