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New Hampshire information:
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of
the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the
southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to
the south, Vermont to the west,Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and
the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. New Hampshire is the 5 th
least extensive and the 9 th least populous of the 50 United States.
It became the first post-colonial sovereign nation in the Americas when it
broke off from Great Britain in January 1776, and six months later was one of the original thirteen
states that founded the United States of America. In June 1788, it became the ninth state to ratify the United
States Constitution, bringing that document into effect. New Hampshire was the first U.S. state to have its own
state constitution.
It is known internationally for the New Hampshire primary, the first primary in the U.S. presidential election
cycle. Concord is the state capital, while Manchester is the largest city in the state. It has no general sales tax,
nor is personal income (other than interest and dividends) taxed at either the state or local level. [7]
Its license plates carry the state motto: “Live Free or Die”. The state’s nickname, “The Granite State”, refers to
its extensive granite formations and quarries.
Among prominent individuals from New Hampshire are founding father Nicholas Gilman, Senator Daniel
Webster, Revolutionary War hero John Stark, editor Horace Greeley, founder of the Christian
Science religion Mary Baker Eddy, poet Robert Frost, astronaut Alan Shepard, and author Dan Brown. New
Hampshire has produced one president: Franklin Pierce.
With some of the largest ski mountains on the East Coast, New Hampshire’s major recreational attractions
include skiing, snowmobiling and other winter sports, hiking and mountaineering, observing the fall foliage,
summer cottages along many lakes and the seacoast, motor sports at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway,
and Motorcycle Week, a popular motorcycle rally held inWeirs Beach near Laconia in June. The White
Mountain National Forest links the Vermont and Maine portions of the Appalachian Trail, and boasts the Mount
Washington Auto Road, where visitors may drive to the top of 6,288-foot (1,917 m) Mount Washington.
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32 nd Lodge to receive this Gavel
29 th December. 2001
Olive Branch Lodge No. 16
Free & Accepted Masons F. & A. M.
Plymouth;
New Hampshire
Olive Branch Lodge No. 16, Holderness, Charter 27 th June 1803
Meetings: 3 rd Tuesday, Annual, December
Secretary: Bruce H. Kominz, Phone: (603) 726 9882
Routes: 3 and 25 (Approx. 3 miles north of Meredith Ctr) Meredith, New Hampshire 03223
AUSTRALIAN TRAVELING GAVEL
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
By Susa B. Kominz
Photos by: Susan B. Komniz
The weather was chilly but the reception was warm for Worshipful Master, Forrest E. Shaw, Charles A. Welch
Lodge (Maynard, MA) as his delegation was greeted at Olive Branch Lodge #16, Holderness,
New Hampshire (constituted April 7, 1803). The seven Brother Masons arrived bearing a Travelling Gavel
from Australia, made from Australian timbers.