"Redcoats & Rebels: New Hampshire and the American Revolution"

Veteran's Day Program...Monday, Nov. 10, 2025 at 7:00-8:00 PM

Stratham Historical Society and Wiggin Memorial Library will co-host "Redcoats and Rebels: New Hampshire and the American Revolution", a presentation by Mary Adams from the New Hampshire Historical Society.  New Hampshire often gets overlooked in the narrative of the American Revolution, overshadowed by its noisy neighbor to the south.  Nowadays, few people know about Paul Revere's first ride, which was to Portsmouth in December 1774 to warn the patriots that the British were coming to reinforce Fort William and Mary, five months before the Redcoats marched on Concord and Lexington.  Nor do they know that two-thirds of the troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill were from New Hampshire.  Most people are also unaware that New Hampshire's Provincial Congress adopted the first state constitution in January 1776, making no mention of royal authority and essentially declaring independence from Great Britain six months before anyone else.  And this is just the beginning of New Hampshire's revolutionary story.

This program is made possible by a grant from New Hampshire Humanities.  

NOTE:  Monday, Nov. 10 at 7:00 PM, the program is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.  Ample Parking.  Stratham Municipal Center, Sewell Room, Meeting Room A, 10 Bunker Hill, Stratham.