New Hampshire, the Granite State, 2009

"Live Free or Die"
is the official motto of the U.S. state of New Hampshire, adopted by the state in 1945

New Hampshire’s State House is the oldest state capitol in which a legislature still meets in its original chambers.

The 1931 State Seal law placed the frigate Raleigh as the centerpiece of the new seal. The Raleigh was built in Portsmouth in 1776, as one of the first 13 warships sponsored by the Continental Congress for a new American navy.

New Hampshire’s primary has been considered an early measurement of the national attitude toward the candidates for nomination. Unlike a caucus, the primary measures the number of votes each candidate received directly, rather than through precinct delegates. The popular vote gives lesser-known candidates a chance to demonstrate their appeal to the electorate at large.

New Hampshire owes its motto, "Live Free or Die," to General Stark. Stark, the first to carry the new thirteen-star American flag into battle, wrote those words in July 1809, in commemoration of the Battle of Bennington.

John H. Sununu became New Hampshire’s Governor on January 6, 1983, and served three consecutive terms ending in 1989. Sununu was the first White House Chief of Staff for President George H. Bush serving from 1989 to 1991.

Jeanne Shaheen is the junior United States Senator from New Hampshire. The first woman in U.S. history to be elected as both a Governor (1997 to 2003) and U.S. Senator. As a side note, Ms Shaheen was at the same college at the same time as Donna at Shippensburg University in PA.

This legislative chambers is the longest used chamber in the nation

Administrative government offices

New Hampshire Historical Society Building

Downtown Concord, New Hampshire

This fellow has a lot of confidence in the drivers, he doesn’t seem to be looking around defensively.

This ends our visit to New Hampshire's capitol city, Concord.