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Unveiled August 3, 1892

State legislator
United States Representative
United States Senator (1847-1853)
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Dedicated to the 14th President of the United States Franklin Pierce (1804-1869.)

Elected president in November 1852 and served between 1853 - 1857.
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Dedicated June 17, 1886.

NH lawyer, statesman and orator.

U. S. House of Representatives (1813 - 1817 and 1823 - 1827).

United States Senator (1827 - 1841).
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Dedicated on July 4th 1892.

Located at the east entrance to the statehouse grounds and was designed by Peabody & Stearns, architects.

The arch stands 33'6" high and is 11'4" wide. It is flanked by side walls terminating in posts for a total width of 53 feet.

Made of rusticated granite, it is adorned with classical moldings and detailing, wreaths, shields, bronze lanterns and is topped by a Civil War Gatling gun.


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Colonel Roger's Rangers - French & Indian War
Brigadier General - Revolutionary War and the hero of Bennington.

The statue was dedicated on the State House lawn, October 23, 1890.
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Replica bells were shipped to all forty-eight American states, and to American territories and to Washington, D.C., as a part of the "Save For Your Independence" savings bond drive, held May 15 - July 4th, 1950.
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Built in 1816-1819 and constructed of New Hampshire granite quarried in Concord.

It is the oldest state capitol where the legislature still meets in its original chamber (1819).
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