Missing Places: Yoken’s Restaurant in Portsmouth NH (1947-2004)
Yoken’s Restaurant on Lafayette Road in Portsmouth NH closed in September of 2004. The property was sold, and the original landmark demolished. Now some are trying to rescue the “Thar She Blows”...
View ArticleNew Hampshire’s First to Die during Korean War: Manchester’s PFC Roger B....
In March of 1951, Mayor Josaphat T. Benoit and Board of Alderman passed an ordinance, as follows: “That the Square located in East Manchester where Valley Street and Massabesic Street intersects, be...
View ArticleNew Hampshire’s Signers and the U.S. Constitution–17 September 1787
September 17, 2016 is the 229th anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution, that occurred on 17 September 1787. This event is completely different than the earlier signing of New...
View ArticleNew Hampshire Tidbits: Not On The Fourth of July
Many Americans accept the Fourth of July as the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. However it was not signed on that day. The Trenton (New Jersey) Evening Times of 26 March...
View Article75 Years Ago: VJ (Victory over Japan) Day in New Hampshire
Japan surrendered to the Allies on 15 August 1945, but the formal signing of the “Japanese Instrument of Surrender” was on 2 September 1945 onboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. This action...
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