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War & Peace

“Village Hall” was Never Finished in Atlantic Heights

by Vintage Pics

A crude postcard sketch reveals what almost was

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Portsmouth Staged “No Kings” Play in 1778 Despite Theater Ban

by J. Dennis Robinson

Poet Jonathan Mitchel Sewall compared Roman Senator Cato to Washington

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General John Sullivan Honored as NH Mason

by Guest Author

Often taken to task for his war record, legal actions and personality, John Mason remains a beloved Masonic figure

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Gen. John Sullivan, a Contentious Hero

by Guest Author

We built a bridge in his name and then we tore it down

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Three US Naval Heroes Inside a Vacuum Tube

by Vintage Pics

Jones, Perry, and Farragut all had ties to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

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Portland Burned, Portsmouth Spared in 1775

by Vintage Pics

Captain Mowat torched 400 buildings and left 1,000 homeless

Read morePortland Burned, Portsmouth Spared in 1775

Helen Dore Boylston: Caregiver, Author, Adventurer

by Vintage Pics

“Troub” insisted that life should be an adventure

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“Bond Bombshell” Dorothy Lamour Visits in 1942

by Vintage Pics

Raising big bucks for the war effort

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Portsmouth Sailors on the Move in World War I

by Vintage Pics

Naval Reserve facts from the back of a stereoview card

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The 1892 Siege of Cedar Island

by Guest Author

Shoaler news ripped from the pages of the Boston Globe

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Waging Peace in the 1905 Treaty of Portsmouth

by J. Dennis Robinson

A nail biting month of negotiations between Russia and Japan

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William Ladd Founded The American Peace Society

by Vintage Pics

The “Apostle of Peace” fought to end war

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