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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TKF_second-burial-ground-historical_Exeter-NH.html
Second Burial Ground Est. late 1600's Here is the last resting place of some of Exeter's early settlers. Samuel Dudley, respected minister who led Exeter's residents for 33 years. Nathaniel Ladd and family, influential community members, built the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TKE_exeter-nh-folsom-and-gilman-historical_Exeter-NH.html
In honor of John Folsom and his wife Mary Gilman, progenitors of the American Folsoms, natives of Hingham, England emigrated 1638, settled Exeter 1655. This stone erected by their descendants on land granted to Lieutenant Peter Folsom, was once th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TJR_exeter-nh-war-memorial-a-war-memorial_Exeter-NH.html
In honor of those who served in the armed forces of the United States of America
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TBO_prince-whipple-and-winsor-maffatt-revolutionary-petitioners-historical_Portsmouth-NH.html
Prince, enslaved by General William Whipple and his wife Katharine Moffatt, accompanied the general through several battles of the American Revolution but was not freed until 1784. In 1779, however, Prince and Winsor were two of twenty African-bor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TBN_portsmouth-nh-red-light-district-historical_Portsmouth-NH.html
From the mid-nineteenth century into the early years of the twentieth century, most of Portsmouth's houses of ill-fame and low-class saloons were concentrated on Water Street, (today Marcy Street). City officials and the police gave unofficial san…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TAZ_new-hampshires-first-black-church-historical_Portsmouth-NH.html
In 1915 the congregation of the People's Baptist Church which had been meeting in the South Ward Hall for more than twenty-five years, brought this 1857 building for $1200. Though officially Baptist, its membership was multidenominational. For dec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SAT_on-this-site-was-born-fitz-john-porter_Portsmouth-NH.html
While his father Capt. John Porter, U.S.N.
Commanded the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
Graduated West Point, July 1845
Distinguished himself and was wounded in War with Mexico
1846-1847.
Instructor of Artillery and Cavlary
West Point 1854-1855.
A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NJS_abraham-lincoln-speaks-in-new-hampshire_Exeter-NH.html
On March 3, 1860, Abraham Lincoln delivered his final of four speeches in New Hampshire at Exeter Town Hall. Lincoln had strong ties to Exeter due to the influence of Amos Tuck, of this town, who is credited with the creation of the Republican Par…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LU0_spanish-american-war-memorial_Portsmouth-NH.html
Dedicated to the veterans of Portsmouth NH who served in the Spanish American War 1898-1902
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LTI_portsmouth-veterans-memorial_Portsmouth-NH.html
Honor * Protect* Remember
Plaque 1
Portsmouth Memorial Park Dedicated November 2013 Displayed at the center of this memorial, are the granite foundation abutments that supported the memorial bridge for eighty-eight years, memorializing the pas…