The Lost Interview with Historian Dorothy Vaughan, Part 2
A lost 1969 interview reveals the candid opinions and emotions of the city's original preservationist
Reviving the 1774 Portsmouth Powder Alarm Again
Every decade or two, it's time to raid the fort and remember what it meant
Great Caesar’s Ghost Honored in NH
Vicky Avery reports on the Caesar Brackett burial site in Greenland, NH
The Many Doors of Harry Harlow
Historian Richard Candee honors the work of artist Harry Harlow
Folsom Tavern Has a Moving History
A dozen uses later, Exeter's historic tavern is a museum at last
Two Men Who Tore Down Portsmouth
Treadwell and Wentworth mansions lost to history.
Walking the Historic Streets of Portsmouth NH
Explore one of the nation's most walkable heritage destinations
Who Started Strawbery Banke Museum?
It was not a single speech at Rotary, but the effort of many ito launch the museum idea
What the Cushings Left Behind
Family treasures from before the disposable era
Declaration Copy Discovered in Exeter Attic
Written on request for SeacoastHistory.com By the American Independence Museum On the night of July 4 (into the wee hours of July 5th) a1776 Philadelphia printer, John Dunlap, printed approximately 200 copies of the Declaration of Independence. The broadside copies were couriered by horseback to …
Two Monuments Honor the Man Who Named New England
Dueling John Smith Monuments on Star Island and Rye Harbor in 2014
Kittery’s Little Red Schoolhouse on Life Support
Move it, sell it, restore it, or lose it.