Redcoats and Rebels: New Hampshire and the American Revolution

Celebrate America’s 250^th anniversary by learning more about the events that shaped our country’s founding. Join Mary Adams from the New Hampshire Historical Society for her presentation “Redcoats & Rebels: New Hampshire and the American Revolution” at the Wolfeboro Public Library on Wednesday, May 20 at 6pm. The program is co-sponsored by the Library and the Wolfeboro 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 generous grant from New Hampshire Humanities and is free and open to all.