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Capital city of
New Hampshire - Concord
Info about Statehood - The
Date that New Hampshire was admitted to the Union - June 21,
1788
Abbreviation - The
abbreviation for the state is as follows:
Abbreviation -
NH.
Facts about Size - The area of
the State covers 9351 square miles
The Constitution -
New Hampshire was the 9th State to be admitted to the Union
3 Largest Cities in
New Hampshire - Manchester, Nashua and Concord
State Motto - "
Live Free Or Die ".
The motto was
written by General John Stark on July 31, 1809 as part of a
volunteer toast by General John Stark, the state’s most
distinguished hero of the Revolutionary War, and the world
famous Old Man of the Mountain. In the toast, which General
Stark sent to his wartime comrades, he declined an
invitation to head up a 32nd anniversary reunion of the 1777
Battle of Bennington in Vermont, because of poor health. The
toast said in full: "Live Free Or Die; Death Is Not The
Worst of Evils."
Facts about the State Nickname - The
Granite State - Referring to the fact that it once had a large
industry quarrying granite.
Name of the State
Song is " Old New Hampshire " the words of the song are by
Dr. John F. Holmes and music
composed by Maurice Hoffmann
Short History of
New Hampshire - First explored in 1603, it was settled by
colonists from Massachusetts during the 1620s and 1630s and
became a separate colony in 1741
Origin of the name - Named after the English county of Hampshire where
Captain John Mason
( who received a grant for the land in 1629 ) was raised as a
child
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about the motto and emblem of New Hampshire - Thanks Ken!
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of the Symbols / Emblems of New Hampshire
The following animal, bird, flower and tree are the
symbols / Emblems of the State of New Hampshire:
Animal Symbol - White-tail Deer
Bird Symbol - Purple Finch
Flower Symbol - Purple Lilac
Insect Emblem - Ladybug
Tree - White Birch
The State emblem
depicts a graphic replica of the Old Man of the Mountain
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