Travel Day -> New Hampshire

New Hampshire, a U.S. state in New England, is defined by its quaint towns and large expanses of wilderness. In the north, White Mountain National Forest is known for winter sports areas and Mt. Washington, the region’s highest peak, with a cog railway to its summit. Also in the White Mountains are moose, black bears and part of the Appalachian Trail.




Abbreviation: NH

Capital: Concord

Temperature: 88 degrees, sunny

Time: 11:00 AM

Nickname: 

The state is nicknamed “The Granite State” because granite from the state was supplied for building structures mainly in Boston and Washington D.C., and many other small towns. The pink colored Conway Granite and the gray colored Concord Granite are two granites that were quarried locally and shipped widely. The granites got their names from the towns in which they were first quarried.

Motto:

Live Free or Die

Adopted by the state in 1945. It is possibly the best-known of all state mottos, partly because it conveys an assertive independence historically found in American political philosophy and partly because of its contrast to the milder sentiments found in other state mottos.

The phrase was adopted from a toast written by General John Stark, New Hampshire's most famous soldier of the American Revolutionary War, on July 31, 1809. Poor health forced Stark to decline an invitation to an anniversary reunion of the Battle of Bennington. Instead, he sent his toast by letter:

Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils.

Population: 1.395m (PA 12.8m)

Size: 9,304 square miles (PA 46,000)

Cost of living:  $56,727 (PA $49,040)

Minimum wage: $7.25 (PA $7.25)

Statehood: June 21, 1788 (it was one of the original 13 colonies)

State Flag: 


The 1909 flag law provided for a blue background bearing the state seal in the centre, framed by a wreath of laurel with nine stars interspersed, signifying the rank of New Hampshire as the ninth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

The seal, which was slightly altered in 1931, features the frigate Raleigh being built at Portsmouth.


State Bird:

Purple Finch



State Flower:
Purple Lilac

State Tree:
Paper Birch

State Mammal:
White-Tailed Deer

State Quarter:

The New Hampshire state quarter features the state's motto, "Live Free or Die", and the rock formation "Old Man of the Mountain" (which collapsed May 3, 2003) to commemorate New Hampshire's admission to the Union on June 21, 1788. The coin also includes nine stars for being the nineth state in the union.

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Marilla Ricker

The McDonald's Brothers

Ralph Baer memorial

Ralph Baer memorial

Magnavox Odyssey 

Ski Jumping

Franklin Pierce

Stanley Steamer





Alarm Clock

1st snow mobile

Alton Bay Seaplane Base

Concord State House

Crotched Mountain Wind Farm





Stone walls

Cornish Windsor Bridge

Peterborough Public Library

Mount Washington Hotel

South Berwick Project

The Puritan Backroom

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Moose

Dartmouth College

The Epic of American Civilization

Budweiser Clydesdale

Guess Who:


Alan Bartlett Shephard Jr


Bode Miller


James Broderick



Mandy Moore


Adam Sandler


Steven Tyler


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