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How We Got Soldiers and Sailors Monument

by J. Dennis Robinson

The miraculous new “white bronze” turned out to be a poor investment.

Read moreHow We Got Soldiers and Sailors Monument

I Crawled Inside the Crumbling Monument

by J. Dennis Robinson

It was a wreck waiting to happen when preservationists stepped up

Read moreI Crawled Inside the Crumbling Monument

NH Jewish Community Deeply Rooted in Portsmouth

by J. Dennis Robinson

Portsmouth is home to New Hampshire’s oldest active synagogue.    

Read moreNH Jewish Community Deeply Rooted in Portsmouth

Edward Warren Clark was a Magic Lantern Man

by J. Dennis Robinson

Almost forgotten travel lecturer projected the world on the wall

Read moreEdward Warren Clark was a Magic Lantern Man

Did NH Governor John Langdon Enslave Workers?

by J. Dennis Robinson

Although his family enslaved farm workers, John leaned toward Abolitionism

Read moreDid NH Governor John Langdon Enslave Workers?

Strange Halloween Characters from Seacoast History

by J. Dennis Robinson

Make Halloween a teachable moment for your kids

Read moreStrange Halloween Characters from Seacoast History

The First Perilous Voyage of Privateer Lynx

by J. Dennis Robinson

The 80-ton, $3 million ship inched toward the Goose River Bridge, which had collapsed in 1946

Read moreThe First Perilous Voyage of Privateer Lynx

Short on Cash? Print Your Own

by J. Dennis Robinson

More on the "scrip" business by historian Kevin LaFond

Read moreShort on Cash? Print Your Own

Cute as a Morley Button

by Vintage Pics

Once the biggest factory of its kind in the world

Read moreCute as a Morley Button

Playing Cards with Famous Authors

by Vintage Pics

Did these playing cards turn an eight-year-old into an author?

Read morePlaying Cards with Famous Authors

How Harvard Helped Portsmouth and Vice Versa

by J. Dennis Robinson

The Wentworths were Harvard boys and they were just the beginning

Read moreHow Harvard Helped Portsmouth and Vice Versa

Top 10 Seacoast Natural Disasters

by J. Dennis Robinson

Hard weather, pestilence, earthquake, lightning, fire, and more

Read moreTop 10 Seacoast Natural Disasters
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