Family History

I was told stories that were fabricated in Portsmouth.  

The beginning of the American Revolution was not told as it started in New Hampshire.

Excellent painters at this time in New Hampshire (1700s)

Hanging Ruth Blay - the death of a women in New Hampshire who concealed the death of her new born child.  (Carolin Marvin)

None of the stories of New Hampshire fit into the history books.

It was their version of it - the New Hampshire Version. - Bizzarro world version.  It has its own dimension.  The New Hampshire dimension.

Valerie Cunningham is the African American Historian of New Hampshire.

New Hampshire is popular because it tells the story of America with all its warts and flaws.  This is why 22 presidents have visited there.

We are telling a story that is always changing - we dont want to live in the past however we want to be connected to the past.

Tell the story because history lies.  What you read in books is not always what happened.

“Many things which are false are transmitted from book to book and gain credit in the world.”  Dr Samuel Johnson.

Just because you read it - don’t trust it.

We need a history of America that is more honest, inclusive and diverse!

You do not need to leave your room…. Rema

The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked - Kofka.  It has no choice it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

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