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25 Stories for 250 Years

Each month leading up to the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the New Hampshire Heritage Museum Trail will share a story about the unique and interesting people, places, and events that Trail museums celebrate.

These stories weave together New Hampshire’s rich heritage and highlight the ways in which New Hampshire’s story is America’s story.

We invite you to learn more about the Granite State and everything that its cultural institutions have to offer.

Scouting Pitches Camp in New Hampshire

In 1907, Lord Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell adapted his military training program as “a game with a purpose”. The program was discovered by Chicago Publisher William D. Boyce, after getting lost in the London fog and being helped by an “Unknown Scout”. Boyce brought the program idea back to America, and The Boy Scouts of America was founded in 1910.

Revolutionary Women

Hetchels were used to break down flax into silky fibers that were spun into thread. The thread was then woven into linen. In 1764, Parliament passed the Sugar Act, taxing imported textiles.

Raid on Fort William and Mary

On the afternoon of December 14, 1774, John Sullivan and John Langdon led patriotic supporters in a raid against Fort William and Mary, now Fort Constitution, in Portsmouth. At about three o’clock a few shots were exchanged between the patriots and the king’s soldiers, but no one was injured.

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