UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS

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​WED |APRIL 4| 10:30 AM​

at Pease Public Library

​Redcoats and Rebels:

New Hampshire and Revolution

Presented by Mary Adams

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Sponsored by

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​New Hampshire often gets overlooked in the narrative of the American Revolution, overshadowed by its noisy neighbor to the south. Few people know about Paul Revere’s first ride, which was to Portsmouth in December 1774 to warn the patriots that the British were coming to reinforce Fort William and Mary, five months before the Redcoats marched on Concord and Lexington. Nor do they know that two-thirds of the troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill were from NH. Most people are also unaware that NH’s Provincial Congress adopted the first state constitution in January 1776, essentially declaring independence from Great Britain six months before any other colony. And this is just the beginning of NH’s revolutionary story.

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