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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26NJ_portsmouth-navy-yard_Portsmouth-NH.html
The Portsmouth Navy Yard was established in 1800 when the federal government perceived a need to expand the Navy in order to counter French privateer attacks against merchant shipping.
It has served varied functions over the years, first constru…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26N6_portsmouth-pier-wharves_Portsmouth-NH.html
The revival of Portsmouth's commerce after the American Revolution spurred the development of new roads, bridges, and wharves. In 1795, several leading merchants incorporated as the Proprietors of the Portsmouth Pier.
This private company extend…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26MP_john-gilbert-winant-1889-1947_Concord-NH.html
"Wanting not only for ourselves but for others also, a fairer chance for all people everywhere."
World War I pilot, New Hampshire's youngest governor, and first head of Social Security, he was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Great Britai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26MO_walker-school-1915_Concord-NH.html
Concord's growth at the end of the nineteenth and into the twentieth century, fueled in large part by the city's prosperous and varied industries, compelled a major campaign to build civic buildings. Within twenty-five years, the school district e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26MM_charles-augustus-doyen-a-war-memorial_Concord-NH.html
1914 World War 1918
erected by
City of Concord New Hampshire
Dedicated Nov. 11, 1919
In Memory of
Brigadier General
Charles Augustus Doyen
Commanding Officer - First
Regiment of Marines to go
to France, June 1917
Born at …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26ML_major-john-simpson_Deerfield-NH.html
Born In Deerfield and buried in Old Center Cemetery on road west, he gained fame by the unauthorized firing of the first shot at Bunker Hill while serving as a private in Captain Dearborn's Company of Colonel Start's Regiment. Although reprimanded…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26MK_site-of-the-first-congregational-church_Deerfield-NH.html
1772
To Commemorate
the site of
The First Congregational Church
Doorstep in in gateway, location identical.
Ministers and term of service
1772 - Rev. Timothy Upham - 1811
1812 - Rev. Nathaniel Wells - 1841
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26MJ_the-first-garrison-in-concord_Concord-NH.html
Around this house was erected in 1746 the first stated garrison in Concord to protect from the French and Indian enemy the families of Rev. Timothy Walker, Capt. John Chandler, Abraham Bradley, Samuel Bradley, John Webster, Nathaniel Rolf, Joseph …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26MI_first-session-of-the-legislature-at-concord_Concord-NH.html
The first session
of the
Legislature at Concord
was held in
this building March 1782
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26MF_spring-hill-waterfront_Portsmouth-NH.html
The Wharves at Bow and Ceres Streets at the base of Spring Hill (as the site was called) were once bustling hubs of waterfront commerce. Built in the late eighteenth century, the waterfront wharves were most active during the Piscataqua region's s…