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VOLUME 27, NO. 21

THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, may 24, 2018

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Memories Of The Great Warriors

by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Contributing Writer

He was born on November 18, 1901. He was a bugler for Company E, 103rd Infantry, serving in the United States Military in France during World War One, sometimes called the Great War, when he was killed on June 16, 1918.

Earl Alvin Webster was 16 years, 6 months, and 28 days old.

Funeral services for this son of George and Lilla Webster were held on August 14 at the United Baptist Church in Laco-

nia, New Hampshire.

The procession from the undertakers to the church and the to the cemetery included an escort of the Frank W. Wilkins Post of the American Legion, the United Spanish War Veterans, and other patriotic groups. The casket was draped with an American flag and was placed on a cassion which was drawn by four black horses. Rev. Benjamin Lomax was the officiating clergyman. The ceremony at the gravesite included a salute fired by a detail from Company E of the See smith on 46

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Welcome to Memorial Day Weekend, the traditional start to the summer season. Pictured here are students learning to sail at the Lake Winnipesaukee Sailing Association which started in 1988. Find out more as well as read other great stories in our Boating and Recreation Guide now on newsstands and online at TheWeirsTimes.com

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Among the over 14,000 items in our collection, see WWII military vehicles & weapons; a 1939-1945 Time Tunnel; a real Victory Garden, Movie Theater & Army barracks; as well as period toys, books, music, clothing‌ and MORE. THE

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Tuesday, May 29, 6:30 - 8 p.m.

Only a Number: A Love Story Amidst the Holocaust - A documentary film presented by the film maker, Steve Besserman

Tuesday, July 3, 7 - 8 p.m.

The Black Suitcase Mystery – A WWII Remembrance - Lecture and book signing by author Gail Elliot (Thomas) Downs

Note: This event will take place in Tuesday, July 17, 7 – 8 p.m. the Wolfeboro Town Hall’s Great Code Burgundy, The Long Hall. Doors open at 6:00 p.m.

Escape by John Katsaros - A lecture and book signing by the Tuesday, June 5, 7 - 8 p.m. author Defiance - A lecture and book signing by the author Titia Tuesday, July 24, 6:30 - 8 p.m.

Bozuwa Screening of the 2016 Film Underfire: The Untold Story of Tuesday, June 12, 7 - 8 p.m.

Pfc. Tony Vaccaro Note: Because My Father’s War: Memories from the documentary is 77 minutes Our Honored WWII Soldiers long, this program starts at 6:30 Lecture and book signing by p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. author Charley Valera Tuesday, July 31, 7 – 8 p.m.

Tuesday, June 19, 7 - 8 p.m.

The Seoul Exception: The United Women War Correspondents States’ Decision to Fight in of WWII - Lecture by Linda Korea - Lecture by Professor Shenton Matchett Kurk Dorsey

Admission $8 per person; $3 for Wright Museum members.

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“Warren and his colleagues are never seen, but what they do is essential to the operation of the museum,� said Michael Culver, executive director of the Wright Museum. “We simply could not function without them. Warren and the other ‘Thursday Guys’ are what make Wright such a special place.�

While Pond spends one day a week working at the museum, he said he does not often frequent it as a visitor. He has taken family members to the museum, however, and holds in high regard the photographs on display of the Merchant Marines, who served in the North Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, English Channel and England.

While perception exists that Merchant Marines were not involved in battles on those hostile waters, Pond offers some enlightenment. “We’re not looking for someone to give us a parade, but it was really dangerous,� he said. “Without the Merchant Marines, the tanks and planes that went to Europe wouldn’t have made it or had supplies. The Merchant Marines were involved in battles as

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Out of the activities many would suggest for a 95-year-old, woodworking and performing other tasks at a museum most likely would not be among them. Those are exactly the kinds of things Warren Pond, a WWII veteran of the Merchant Machines, loves to do at the Wright Museum of World War II in Wolfeboro.

One of more than 60 volunteers, Pond spends about four hours at the museum each week, doing anything from hanging exhibits and assembling furniture and equipment to painting walls and cleaning the grounds as part of a group known as “The Thursday Guys.� “I used to play golf with someone on the board and thought volunteering would be fun,� said Pond, who began volunteering at the museum in 2000. “They need people to do the things that need to be done.�

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Order Now For Jewish Food Festival To The Editor: On Sunday, July 8th from 11am-2pm. at Temple B’nai Israel in Laconia, people will be coming together from all over New Hampshire and beyond enjoying the memories of the tastes and smells from the kitchens of Jewish mothers and Bubbies (grandmothers) through the ages…. from traditional Jewish cooking to delicatessen delights to amazing desserts and more! If you want to be sure you don’t miss out on your favorite dishes you can pre-order now at www.tbinh.org. You don’t have to be a member of TBI, you don’t have to be Jewish, all you need to be is someone who loves good home cooked Jewish foods (blintzes, knishes, stuffed cabbage, pastrami, corned

beef, tongue, matzo ball soup, etc.). All orders are guaranteed to be filled, never any disappointments. Go to www.tbinh. org to see the menu items and place your order. But don’t wait - ordering closes on June 3rd. Most major credit cards (see specifics on the site) and PayPal are accepted.

Choose from a huge array of authentic textures and taste. Many of the homemade foods that have become the crowd favorites will be available to preorder frozen and packaged to be reheated at home including blintzes, beef brisket, meat knishes, potato knishes, latkes (potato pancakes), matzo ball soup, noodle kugel, and stuffed cabbage.

Also available for preorder will be freshly packaged chopped herring, corned beef, pastrami, tongue,

chopped chicken liver, rugelach, and strudel. This preorder process insures availability of the foods people crave in the quantities they desire.

Pick-up for all preorders will be on Saturday, July 7th between 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM OR at the Jewish Food Festival on July 8th from 11:00 AM2:00 PM. All pick-ups will be at Temple B’nai Israel, 210 Court St. in Laconia.

For preorders of $65.00 or greater, you will receive a copy of the TBI cookbook from which many of the prized recipes are derived.

Place orders now at www. tbinh.org. All questions may be directed to foodfestivalpreorders@tbinh.org.

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Mill Falls 27th Annual Memorial Weekend

CRAFT FAIR Route 3, Meredith, NH

Saturday, May 26, 10am-6pm Sunday, May 27, 10am-5pm Monday, May 28, 10am-4pm ~ Over 100 Juried Artisans ~ FREE ADMISSION

Craft Demonstrations & Food Sampling Celebrate American Made Works by Hand

Photography, Country Woodcrafts, Pottery, Soaps, Folk Art, Handbags, Jewelry, Mixed Media, Pet Gifts, Cutting Boards, Turned Wood, Clay, Candles, Dolls, Toys, Floral, Wearable Art, Leather, Pillows, Quilts, Stained Glass, Walking Sticks, Fretwork, Vintage Chic, Shell Craft, Ornaments, Primitives, Lanterns, Batik, Sauces, Nuts, Herbal Dips, Maple, Kettle Corn and More.

FREE Admission ~ Rain or Shine Directions: Route 93 take Exit 23

GPS Location: 312 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith

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Talking Trash

by Brendan Smith Weirs Times Editor

It seems now like so many years ago that I first encountered that awkward moment.

It was after having friends over for a few beers and light hors d’oeuvres and the stinging criticism still rings clearly. “What a great night, thank you so much for having us over, you are a great friend. Now just tell us where the recycling is for these beer bottles and we will be out of your hair.� “That’s okay, you can just throw them in the garbage.�

It was that sudden look of horror that came over their faces that I remember first and most clearly.

The eyes boring a hole into my brain as they spoke the words. “YOU DON’T RECYCLE?�

The night, just a few minutes earlier, a joyful gathering of stories and jokes, suddenly turned into treatise on how I was, single-handedly, destroying the planet.

Of course, this was many years ago when I was younger and stupider, in my forties most likely, and I have changed dramatically since then.

I have since become a rabid recycler. No bottle, cardboard box, newspaper or empty plastic laundry detergent container even comes close to seeing the inside of a regular plastic trash bag. (Of course, I am hesitant about using those as well. Shouldn’t

they also be recycled?

But how can they as they are full of “regular� trash.

It raises more questions than answers.)

I diligently make sure that all recyclables are placed into their proper container and carried out to the curb, every other week, ensuring that the regular garbage pail is always at the proper distance from the recycling containers, as required by decree of the city fathers, so as not to be touching.

(I also make sure my beer bottles are hidden under the empty laundry detergent containers. No sense letting the neighborhood know what’s going on at night in my house.)

It has been many years now and recycling has become a way of life.

Something I have become very used to. My friends have slowly started to accept me again and I can sometimes feel the load of the planet’s burden lifted slightly as each recycling day is completed.

But that has all changed again.

The city where I live and where the previously mentioned fathers reign (which will remain unnamed but starts with the letter “L�) has recently notified its citizens to no longer recycle their glass bottles, jars, etc. It seems that they just go into the regular landfill anyway.

It’s best to just throw them in the regular trash now.

It seems that the whole recycling thing wasn’t quite working as planned and it was time to change direction.

I am horrified. Like a man falsely accused of a crime only to be exonerated years later, I feel betrayed.

My gathering so many years ago where I was taken to task by those whose friendship I was only now winning back,

had all been for naught.

Their beer and wine bottles which were on their way to wreaking havoc on civilization by not being thrown in the proper container, are now verboten as far as recycling goes.

It is just another in a long line of lifestyle adjustments I have had to make to keep up with what was wrong is now right and vice versa.

Is coffee good or bad for me? Yes then no. Should I drink a glass of wine every night? No then yes. Eggs?

Too confusing to contemplate.

Every night on the news I hear that one study has debunked another study.

What should I do? What shouldn’t I do? But you told me it was good and now, after all these years of doing it, it is now bad.

Now I am trying to readjust to this recycling quagmire.

I finish a bottle of beer and, subconsciously head for the recycling bin to dispose of it, but I know that is now wrong. I cringe as I put it into the regular trash. It just doesn’t feel right, but I’m sure I’ll get used to it.

I must.

I need to make sure that the following scenario never takes place. “What a great night, thank you so much for having us over, you are a great friend. Now just tell us where to dispose of these beer bottles and we will be out of your hair.� “Sure, the recycling bin is right over there.� “YOU STILL RECYCLE GLASS???�

Who knows what tomorrow will bring?

It’s hard to keep up with life.

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Marginalizing Melania Need more evidence that there are two Americas?

Here: Leftwing hatred of Melania Trump is inversely proportional to

by Michelle Malkin flyover admiSyndicated Columnist ration for the first lady.

In just the last month, late-night clown Jimmy Kimmel mocked Trump’s Slovenian accent, CNN contributor April Ryan attacked her as “not culturally American,” former Hillary Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines derided her genteel presence at former First Lad Barbara Bush’s funeral, and horror writer Stephen King snickered at her hospitalization this week for kidney surgery.

Yet, while partisans in the political press and entertainment media work hard to stoke division against and resentment of the Trump administration, “Melania” is now among the fastest-growing baby names in the nation, according to recently released Social Security data. And a new poll by anti-Trump CNN released on Monday reported a 10 percent jump in the first lady’s favorability ratings -- from 47 percent in January to 57 percent last week.

That’s nearly 6 in 10 Americans with a positive view of FLOTUS. Uh-oh!

Imagine how much higher those impressive numbers would be if the same celeb tabloid reporters and TV hosts who slavered over the Obamas in Us magazine and on The View afforded Melania Trump the same courtesies.

Imagine if the same couture divas who organized “Runway to Win”

Obama campaign fundraisers and published breathless weekly reports on “Michelle Obama’s Best Looks Ever” harnessed their influence to promote Trump’s style and fashion sense.

Despite Trump’s successful career as an internationally photographed model featured in Harper’s Bazaar, GQ, Vanity Fair and Vogue, lib-dominated fashion and celebrity magazines have shunned her. Pop culture editors and producers -- who turned Barack and Michelle Obama into the Beltway Brangelina, promoting their election campaign, reelection campaign, books and every last pet project -- have ghosted her.

Why? Fear.

Melania Trump is not just strikingly beautiful. She is worldly, well-traveled and well-read. She speaks English, French, German, Italian and Serbian, in addition to her native Slovenian -- more languages than any other woman who has served as America’s first lady. Her devotion to son Barron is exemplary. Her aversion to limelight and lack of political ambition are refreshing. So is her ability to refrain from public grievance-mongering over “sacrifices” and trade-offs made between work and home life (looking at you, Hill and ‘Chelle O).

The hostile White House press corps blames Trump’s own reticence for the publicity vacuum around her. But I believe there’s something deeper at work: More exposure to this interesting and remarkable woman would mean more familiarity with her. More familiarity with her might mean more popularity.

And God forbid there be more Republican women in the public eye who can compete with -- and win

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Why Jerusalem Matters This week, the Trump administration inaugurated the new American embassy in Jerusalem. The

by Ben Shapiro celebration Synidcated Columnist in Israel was palpable; the embassy move came amidst the national celebration of the 70th anniversary of the creation of the state. The streets filled with Jews of all sorts, cheering and dancing.

Meanwhile, on the Gaza border, Hamas broadened its monthlong campaign to break down the Israel border, staging border “protests” attended by thousands -- including terrorists who have used the supposed protests as a staging point for violent attacks on Israeli troops and territory. Palestinian terrorists have caused mass chaos, throwing Molotov cocktails at

troops, attempting to rush the border, flinging explosives and tying incendiaries to kites in an attempt to set Israeli territory alight. The Israeli Defense Forces have responded with restraint.

Despite this, a few dozen Palestinians have been killed, not the hundreds or thousands Hamas would presumably prefer.

But even as Yahya Sinwar, leader of Hamas in Gaza, suggested that “more than 100,000 people could storm the fence” between Israel and Gaza, and as 23-year-old Mohammed Mansoura announced, “We are excited to storm and get inside ... to kill, throw stones,” the media covered the slow-rolling terror assault as a form of peaceful protest. A New York Times headline read “Israeli Troops Kill Dozens of Palestinian Protesters.” A Wall Street Journal headline reads “Scores Killed, Thousands Injured as Palestinians Protest US Embassy Opening In Jerusalem.”

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Burma’s Agony While UNITED NATIONS - Amid

continuing destruction of villages, attacks on children and a widening displacement

by John J. Metzler of refugees, Syndicated Columnist members of the UN Security Council visited Burma and neighboring Bangladesh to assess the widening humanitarian carnage. The officially dubbed Mission to Myanmar, as the country is officially known, offered diplomats a “vivid and stark revelation” of an unfolding tragedy both in the Southeast Asian country and in neighboring Bangladesh where more than a million people have been forced from their homes.

Burma’s victims are the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in an overwhelmingly Buddhist state.

Living in the Rakhine state, the downtrodden people flee into bordering Bangladesh, itself a poor country, which now hosts the world’s largest refugee camp.

According to UNICEF at least 60 Rohingya babies are born in Bangladesh refugee camps every day.

It didn’t have to be this way.

After a grim half century of military rule, Myanmar slowly nudged towards a more open society in 2011 when the ruling Junta allowed “controlled openness.” Longtime opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, was

freed in 2010 after fifteen years of house arrest.

During a political victory lap tour in 2012, Suu Kyi, a Nobel laureate, visited the UN and the U.S. and was feted as the Angel of Democracy, savior to her once ostracized nation of 53 million people. Sadly Suu Kyi’s name was soon sullied when in August 2017, the Myanmar military commenced security operations against the Rohingya minority.

Given the political outcry and her own embarrassment, she skipped a planned address to the UN General Assembly last year.

State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, whose power rests on a delicate balance between her party’s genuine political popularity and the military’s nervous openness, is not directing the carnage by Myanmar’s military; yet she has politically and politely chosen to look the other way.

So what did the UN’s Mission uncover? The town of Cox’s Bazaar hosts 670,000 Rohingya who joined 300,000 already in Bangladesh. Over a million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have placed a massive strain on resources.

France’s representative Anne Gueguen put the matter into perspective, “The Rohingya are victims of ethnic cleansing, there is no other way to describe it.”

She added that the Myanmar government must “tackle the root causes of the crisis,” namely granting citizenship to the Rohingya.

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Though Burma’s government recognizes over 100 ethnic groups inside its vast territory such as the Shan and Karen peoples, the Rohingya are denied citizenship and are thus stateless people.

According to Human Rights Watch, Burma’s 1982 Constitution “effectively deny to the Rohingya the possibility of acquiring a nationality.” Moreover Myanmar law does not recognize this

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Amazon Fights Back Seattle is worried about the well-being of the poor and mentally ill people living there, so it’s going to drive businesses out of town.

by John Stossel OK, that’s Syndicated Columnist not how the politicians describe their plan, but that’s probably how it will work out.

Members of Seattle’s city council want all big Seattle businesses to pay a tax of $500 per employee.

In response, Amazon stopped building a new complex. Construction workers joined Amazon in protesting the new tax.

On the other side are city council members like Kshama Sawant. She and members of her political party, Socialist Alternative, demonstrated in support of the tax. They chanted, “Housing is a human right!”

Seattle does have large encampments of street people.

Some are mentally ill. Some are young people looking to get stoned and live free. Some are homeless simply because they cannot afford apartments. There are many reasons for that, but one is that Amazon and other companies have brought so many new jobs to Seattle that the demand for housing exceeds the supply.

Normally, when that happens, the free market quickly solves the problem. Builders view the rising prices as a wonderful thing. They quickly build new housing to sell to the new customers. But in Seattle, and many towns in America, politicians make that very hard.

Seattle’s building code is 745

pages long.

If you want to build apartments, you better hire lawyers and “fixers” to keep you on the right side of the rules.

Seattle’s rules insist that “Welded splices shall be of ASTM A706 steel” and “foam plastic signs shall not be greater than 1/2 inch” thick.

On the majority of Seattle’s land, building any high-rise is illegal; zoning rules say only single-family houses may be built.

Want to run a cheap flophouse with single rooms? Seattle’s rules make that just about impossible.

Finally, if a landlord decides to take a building off the market, he must pay each of his tenants $3,000 in relocation costs.

No wonder there’s a housing shortage.

Seattle’s big-government restrictions created a housing problem. So now they propose to solve it with more heavy-handed government.

Seattle promises its new peremployee tax will only hit “big” companies, those grossing more than $20 million per year (about 3 percent of Seattle’s businesses).

Don’t the politicians realize that many growing companies will simply stop expanding when they get close to $20 million in income, just as companies, looking to escape Obamacare, avoid employing more than 49 workers?

Some pay lawyers to split the company into pieces. Some expand in another state. Don’t politicians see that raising taxes has nasty side effects? I guess not.

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May Through October 31st “Propaganda Posters of the First World War” – On Display The Wright Museum, 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro. Mon. thru Sat. 10am to 4pm, and Sunday from 12pm to 4pm. The exhibit features 17 original WWI posters that are in remarkable condition, especially considering they are all at least 100 years old! The exhibit also features some unique artifacts from both the home front and the war front that help portray what life was like during the period. www. wrightmuseum.org or 569-1212

Through June 17th “Memories of WWII: Photographs from the AP’s Archives” – On Display The Wright Museum, 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro. Mon. thru Sat. 10am to 4pm, and Sunday from 12pm to 4pm. See this moving tribute to an era in our nation’s history that continues to define the American character and experience. The exhibit consists of approx. 50 black and white photographs from the Associated Press Archives, including selections of the most iconic WWII images taken between 1939 and 1945. Some of the photos include: the German Army marching into Paris down ChampsElysees, Londoners in the underground train stations, Hitler after the invasion of Poland, the bombing of Pearl Harbor and much more. www.

WrightMuseum.org or 569-1212 Through Sat. 26th

Gov. Wentworth Arts Council’s Art Show & Silent Auction

The Art Place, Wolfeboro. The event is organized by the art council and will feature works from their many talented artists. The artwork will be on display at The Art Place during the above days, ending with a celebration of their 50th during Wolfeboro’s first Art Festival of 2018. Please stop by during store hours (Tues. – Sat. 9:30am-5pm) and place your bid on your favorite piece.

Announcements of the winners will be made on May 26th.

Wednesday 23rd Polliwogs Pre-K Program TREEmendous Trees

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Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center, White Oaks Road, Laconia. 10:30am-12pm. A fun group for the littlest explorers amongst us! Adult and child will explore the forests, fields and gardens around Prescott Farm. These sessions are designed to keep children active and engaged.

For ages 2-5, with adult. Programs are held rain or shine, if it’s raining the activities will be held inside. $10 per adult/child pair, $8/members, plus $3 per additional child. See website for full details www.prescottfarm.org or call 603-366-5695

Thursday 24th Eric Grant - Acoustic Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs

Road, Gilford. 7pm. Local favorite Eric Grant performs live, with 2-for-1 appetizers at the bar! www.patrickspub. com or 293-0841

Camp Resilience. Complimentary refreshments will be served. www.

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Meredith Community Center, 1 Circle Drive, Meredith. 9:30am-3:30pm.

There will be an abundance of materials to choose from to create your own scarf, in whatever design or color you choose to make. Students should bring a lunch or snack. Tuition is $65 per student with a $35 materials fee.

Pre-registration is required. 279-7920 or www.meredith.nhcrafts.org

Huck Finn’s High Tailin’ Adventures – The Homeschool Theatre Guild Production Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield Street, Rochester. Thurs.

7pm, Fri. 10am & 7pm, Sat. 2pm. All your favorite Mark Twain characters are here in this skillful adaptation of the classic American tale. Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer are up to their usual antics – skipping church to go fishing, starting a band of robbers with their comrades, and frustrating locals with their shenanigans. This Homeschool Theatre Guild production, directed

by Margaret Murray, features over 30 homeschoolers from the seacoast region of New Hampshire. $5/advance, $7/door. Advanced tickets are available at www.homeschooltheatre.org or at the Rochester Opera House box office.

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Paula Poundstone The Flying Monkey, 39 Main Street, Plymouth. www.flyingmonkeynh. com or 536-2551

Dueling Pianos!

Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 9pm. Prepare your friends for some serious fun as YOU pick the music and join in the show! www.patrickspub.com or 293-0841

Clothing & Jewelry Sale

Hotchkiss Commons Building, 71 Main Street, Union. 9am-2pm. There will also be food and drink and a variety of baked goods available!

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American Legion Hall, 37 Main Street, Ashland. 5pm-7pm. Special Guest speakers will be Susan and John Harville. Tickets are $10/adults, $5/ children 5-12 years old, free for children 4 and under. 536-3880

Saturday 26th Annie’s Book Stop Celebrates 35 Years

Annie’s Book Stop, 1330 Union Ave, Laconia. 9am-5:30pm. Stop by for a “Neighbors Meeting Neighbors” gathering. Local authors will be on hand to sign their books. Carl Johnson 10am-1:30pm, Kathy Salanitro 10am1:30pn, Peddlar Bridges 1:30-4:30pm.

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Nick Swardson The Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd, Hampton Beach. www. casionballroom.com or 929-4100

Concert for Veterans feat. The Bel Airs and Lee Lewis & the All Stars Meredith Community Auditorium at Inter-Lakes High School, Laker Lane, Meredith. 7:45pm. Join this special concert, presented by Temple B’nai Israel, to hear these crowd favorites perform your favorite 50s and early 60s love songs and dance tunes! Tickets are $27.50pp and proceeds benefit

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Bow Lake Grange Hall, 569 Province Road, Strafford. 8am-11am. Strafford Garden Club will offer locally grown plants, herbs & heirloom vegetables.

A raffle for your choice of many prizes donated by local businesses will be held. 664-2552

Clothing & Jewelry Sale

Hotchkiss Commons Building, 71 Main Street, Union. 9am-2pm. There will also be food and drink and a variety of baked goods available!

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New Exhibit, “Math Moves” Opens at the Discovery Center Mcauliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, Concord. The Math Moves Exhibit invites visitors to fall in love with math as they challenge visitors to work together in a playful, full-body exploration of ratios, proportions, and other fundamental math concepts. www. starhop.com or 271-7827

Tilton Masons Public Breakfast

Masonic Building, 410 West Main Street, Tilton. 7am-9:30am. Full breakfast including eggs cooked to order. $8pp. 524-8268

Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th Memorial Weekend Craft Fair North Conway Community Center, 78 Norcross Circle, North Conway.

10am-5pm both days. There will be 80 fabulous exhibitors, live music and food, and an alpaca exhibit on Saturday. Rain or shine. Free parking and free admission. 528-4014 or www.

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Sat. 26th – Mon. 28th Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad Offers FREE Rides for Veterans Memorial Day Weekend!

Meredith Station is at 154 Main Street, Weirs Beach Station is at 211 Lakeside Avenue. There are one & two-hour train rides available. Visit www.HoboRR.com for more info.

Monday 28th Team Trivia Patrick’s Pub & Eatery, 18 Weirs Road, Gilford. 7:30pm. www.patrickspub.com or 293-0841

Belmont Memorial Day Parade

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New Hampton Trail Challenge 5 Area runners, walkers, and families are invited to the first New Hampton Trail Challenge 5K walk/run on Saturday, June 9. The event, held at the New Hampton Fitness Trail at 24 Intervale Drive (next door to the New Hampton Public Safety Building), will include a 5K walk/run for all ages and a Kids ½ Mile Dash for children ages 12 and under. The event is hosted by the New Hampton Community School Parent Teacher Organization (NHCS PTO).

Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. and kicks off with the Kids Dash at 9:30 a.m., followed by the 5K at 10:00 a.m., rain or shine. The tax-deductible registration fee is $10 for all participants and $30 for families of four or more. All proceeds go to support PTO-sponsored programs and a new outdoor classroom at the elementary school.

The NHCS PTO is a 501(c)(3) non-profit group of dedicated parents whose mission is to support the New Hampton Community School, its teachers, and students through volunteer and fundraising efforts. The group annually funds a school Spelling Bee, hosts educational events, and last year, organized the purchase and installation of a new playground for the school and community.

Moose Lottery Deadline Is May 25th Want a chance to hunt moose in New Hampshire this fall?

The deadline for entering the New Hampshire moose hunt lottery is May 25th. It costs just $15 for residents and $25 for nonresidents to enter the lottery (non-refundable). A total of 51 permits are proposed to be issued this year. The state’s moose hunt will run from October 20-28, 2018. Last year, the statewide hunter success rate was 69%.

Apply now by visiting www.huntnh.com/hunting/moose. html, where you can apply online or print out a mail-in application. Lottery applications for 2018 must be postmarked or submitted online by midnight Eastern Time on May 25, 2018, or delivered to NH Fish and Game headquarters in Concord before 4:00 p.m. that day.

For more information on moose hunting in New Hampshire, visit www.huntnh.com/hunting/moose.html.

New England Lighthouses And The People Who Kept Them The Rochester Historical Society has received a grant from New Hampshire Humanities to present New England Lighthouses and the People Who Kept Them by Jeremy D’Entremont on Thursday, June 14, at 7 PM at the Rochester Historical Society Museum at 58 Hanson Street in downtown Rochester.

Jeremy D’Entremont tells the history of New England’s historic and picturesque lighthouses primarily focusing on the colorful and dramatic stories of lighthouse keepers and their families.

Jeremy D’Entremont has written more than a dozen books and 300 articles on lighthouse history and other maritime topics. He is the official historian of the American Lighthouse Foundation and the founder of Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses. D’Entremont has lectured and narrated cruises from Maine to California, and his photographs have appeared in many books and magazines. He is also editor of the website “New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide” at www.newenglandlighthouses.net. He emphasizes the rich human history of lighthouse keepers and their families in his presentations.

This program is free and open to the public. Refreshments will follow the meeting.

For more information, contact the Rochester Historical Society at 603 330-3099 or rochesterhistorical@metrocast.net.

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Not sure when, or for what team, but it seems inevitable.

Hammon is presently an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs— the first full-time female assistant coach in the NBA. By all accounts her work has been excellent.

Three years ago the Spurs made Hammon their Summer League head coach, the first woman to be a head coach in that league.

She coached the Spurs to the Las Vegas Summer League title in July of 2015.

NBA players often prefer former NBA players as coaches. Such coaches have a measure of credibility non-NBA alumni lack. But the likes of Celtic coach Brad Stevens—who never played in the NBA—certainly have established themselves as bona fide successful coaches.

Not that Hammon hasn’t played the game.

A three-time All-America with the Colorado State Rams, Hammon was a prolific scorer who went on to become an AllStar in the WNBA, where she played for 16 years.

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A Spaniard, Gasol is the son of a doctor and a nurse. While most folks automatically assume the doctor was a man and the nurse was a woman, it was really the other way around. So Gasol is familiar with women successfully defying stereotypes.

When Hammon finally gets her chance, she’ll attract enormous attention as the first woman to break the gender barrier, much as Jackie Robinson will always be remembered for breaking MLB’s color barrier.

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Great North’s story begins with Rob and Lisa North who always dreamed of owning their own brewery some day after being a very successful homebrewer around 2007. After winning many

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The Rochester Opera House Presents “The Corvettes Doo Wop Revue�

Returning to the Rochester Opera House by popular demand, The Corvettes Doo Wop Revue is not just a concert, it’s an all-out Doo Wop celebration! Dedicated to preserving and performing the greatest music ever made – the music of the 1950’s Doo Wop era – The Corvettes fresh new energy, incredibly entertaining show and comical stage antics leave happy audiences screaming for more!

Cruise back in time to reminisce with Come Go with Me, In the Still of the Night, Earth Angel, Sea Cruise, At the Hop, Runaround Sue, and many, many more! The Corvettes have toured with legendary Doo Wop groups including The Drifters, The Tokens, The Platters, The Coasters, The Marvelettes and many more.

House is sponsored by TD Bank North, Eastern Propane, Shaheen & Gordon P.A., and Norm Vetter Foundations.

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The show starts at 8pm (doors open at 7pm) on Saturday, June 16. Reserve tickets online or call the box office (603) 335-1992, M/W/F from 10am-5pm and 2-hours before the show.

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Kovels: Antiques & Collecting Alphabet Man Every child has to learn the alphabet before learning to read, so some toys for those under 5 years old have been “teaching toys.� Blocks were the first. The oldest mention of alphabet blocks was in 1693 in England. But blocks with letters and pictures were not available for most families until 1820 when large numbers of sets were made in a factory. Well-to-do young girls educated in the 18th century learned the alphabet while sewing samplers. They had to be able to stitch identification on all the family linens when they married. Most toys were made to teach religion, like a carved wooden Noah’s ark, or to teach a skill like cooking using a toy stove, pots and pans.

Toy makers created a few teaching toys, cards with letters and cloth alphabet books.

A rare, famous teaching toy is the “Alphabet Man� or “Yankee Schoolmaster.� The 10-inch-tall iron figure of a man had an arm that moved when a lever was pushed. The man blinked his eyes, raised his left arm and pointed to a hole high on his chest. A letter appeared and the student had to name it. The man is dressed like a schoolmaster and looks like a stern teacher. No one knows who made this complicated toy that was patented in 1884. Or why his right arm is held behind his back and his index finger is pointing to the side. Several of the men have sold in the past decade.

The pictured toy with some missing paint sold at Bertoia Auctions in New

would like to know if it’s worth anything or if anyone would want it.

A: Yes, there is interest in old wedding dresses and gowns. You could donate it to a local historical museum or an organization that will resell it for a charitable cause. You could sell it to a vintage clothing store. Or it could be turned into something else. Old wedding dresses can be used to make christening gowns or bride or prinThe iron man is pointing to a letter c e s s o u t f i t s f o r of the alphabet to help a child learn s m a l l c h i l d r e n letters. The toy brought $23,600 in who like to play dress-up. The a 2016 sale. fabric can be repurposed to make Jersey for $23,600. pillows or enclosed in a *** locket, frame or ChristQ: I have my mother’s mas ornament. It also antique satin wedding can be used to make dress from 1931. It’s scarves, decorate baby in perfect condition. I blankets, bassinet skirts

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Reintegration Challenges For NH’s Military

by Pamela Dube

Senior Director of Communications

NH’s military population is comprised of many who serve in the Guard and Reserves. Many of our state residents aren’t aware that NH’s military servicemen and women are leaving and returning from small and large deployments at various times during the year.

Without an active duty base in the state, these Guardsmen and Reservists enter back into their families, neighborhoods, and workplaces without much of a buffer between their deployment experience and the norms and

expectations of civilian life. Reintegration is the stage of the deployment cycle where those who have served arrive back home and re-enter civilian life.

Better understanding the realities of the Reintegration stage helps everyone affected by a service member’s return home.

There are lots of social media pictures of the joyful reunions of servicemen and women returning to the arms of their families.

And of course these moments are magical. What is sometimes harder is what follows the initial reunion, when reintegrating seamlessly into the civil-

ian world poses challenges related to family relationships, community support, and jobs. Everyone has changed- the service member has had experiences that have changed him or her, the kids have grown, roles in the family have shifted, new neighbors have moved in, the job that existed before

now no longer exists- all these changes can cause anxiety and tension, even if they are positive! It’s not unusual for financial problems, communication problems, or relationship issues to surface during this time.

Reintegration has no official timeline. For many, this stage lasts just a few months, but for others, challenges can arise many months or even years after the return. Although many service members and their families demonstrate great resilience during the whole deployment cycle, many others have difficulties. Knowing that this is normal can be helpful, to lessen the confusion and angst felt by those who are struggling with this transition and are wondering why everything isn’t like the storybook images seen on social media.

It helps to appreciate that Time itself can be powerful in this process, allowing for an easing back into things, being patient while adapting to the new rhythms of the home, the community, and the workplace. Understanding that this is a normal and gradual transition, gives space for the reintegration challenges to resolve with time.

What can families, communities, and workplaces do to support a service member and his/her family after a return from deployment? Having realistic expectations about the time needed to adjust is important. Too many Welcome Home BBQs and large parties in the first few weeks can actually be overwhelming. We can express our appreciation

for their sacrifice. We can ask about their experience, and listen and try to understand. This builds a feeling of acceptance and appreciation. Effective communication--before, during, and after deployment--is key to a successful transition. If a service member is struggling to communicate, encourage him/her to seek out other family, friends, battle buddies, or mental health professionals for help.

Easterseals NH Military & Veterans Services (MVS) offers Care Coordination to veterans of all eras – from World War II veterans to those who are currently serving. Services are free, confidential, and provided locally – in the veteran’s home or other convenient location. Care Coordinators are community caseworkers with extensive training in military culture. Their job is to do whatever it takes to help service members, veterans, and their families thrive. Care Coordinators help those in crisis situations, and are also available to help families plan ahead and avoid problems when facing life changes and challenges. If you know a service member, veteran, or military family in need, please contact the Intake Coordinator, Easterseals NH Military & Veterans Services, at 603.315.4354.

Veterans Count, the philanthropic program of ESNH MVS, provides emergency financial assistance to veterans for critical and unmet needs.

Veterans Count raises awareness about the challenges that can result from military service and raises money to help address these needs. To learn more about Veterans Count or to make a donation, please visit vetscount.org. Or, mail your donation

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6pm. This documentary film will be presented by the film maker, Steve Besserman.

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New England Quilts and the Stories They Tell

Old Town Hall, Gilmanton Iron Works. Social hour and refreshments begin at 7pm; presentation begins at 7:30pm.

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Thurs. 31st – Sat. 2nd Keepsake Quilting Annual Summer Tent Sale Keepsake Quilting, 12 Main Street, Center Harbor. 8am5pm. Thousands of new bolts of fabrics to choose from, lots of pre-cuts, and more! Savings up to 70% off! www.

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“Defiance� – Lecture and Book Signing by Author Titia Bozuwa

Opening reception of NH Boat Museum NH Boat Museum, 399 Center Street, Wolfeboro. 6pm-9pm.

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Pendant Making Workshop with Christine Keenan League of NH Craftsmen, 279 DW Highway, Meredith.

Wright Museum, 77 Center Street, Wolfeboro. 7pm. Defiance tells the story of Anna Smits, who enrolled as a medical student at Utrecht University in 1943, while the county was occupied by Nazi Germany. Anna and a group of 7 of her friends refused to sign the declaration of loyalty to the occupying German government, and vowed to help the victims of Hitler’s brutal regime. The author, Titia, was born and raised in the Netherlands, until she immigrated to the US in 1957 with her husband, where they settled in Wakefield, NH, where they still reside in the same house. Free and open to the public. www.wrightmuseum.org or 569-1212

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Opening Reception For NH Boat Museum 2018 Season On June 1st

There is a lot of NEW going on at the New Hampshire Boat Museum! Find out more at this year’s Opening Reception on June 1st at 6-9 PM. This year’s 2018 exhibit, New Chapters: Rare Boats that Mark Transitions in Our Economy and Culture 19001940, features boats that were innovative in their day and tells stories of American ingenuity in response to a changing culture and economy.

These are rare and rarely seen boats from the collection of the museum including a Gesswein, a Fay & Bowen, a DeeWite, and even a very rare Laconia Car Company boat. In addition we will have new Fleet Line Model Boats from Fred Clausen’s amazing collection!

The Opening Reception will also give you a chance to meet Our New Director, Martha Cummings. Martha brings new energy and directions to our museum and will be sharing some exciting news about the Museums future! This is going to be a sensational year for the New Hamp-

shire Boat Museum.

The 2018 Opening Reception will be June 1st at the Museum from 6-9 PM, 399 Center Street, Wolfeboro NH. Please RSVP by May 28. Tickets available by calling 603569-4554 or online at NHBM.org. (Limited tickets available at the door) $25 for members and $27 for not-yet-members.

Buffet Dinner and Cash Bar kindly sponsored by Downtown Grille.

Upcoming Programs are Boat Building Classes, Community Sailing and Lake Discovery Camps.

To see the full schedule of events or to learn more about the New Hampshire Boat Museum, please visit the Museum’s website at nhbm.org.

The New Hampshire Boat Museum is open to the public for the 2018 season from Saturday, May 26 and will remain open daily through Monday, October 8, 10am-4pm Monday through Saturday, and Sundays 12 noon-4pm. The Museum is a not-for-profit institution focusing on New Hampshire’s boating and fresh water heritage. It is located at 399 Center

Street, Wolfeboro Falls, 2 miles from downtown Wolfeboro. For further information contact the Museum at 603-5694554, museum@nhbm. org, nhbm.org or via Facebook.

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against -- the usual parade of militant kvetchers and moaners who pass themselves off as feminist role models.

Doubling down, both Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama have assailed all women who didn’t vote for their political agendas as brainwashed by their husbands or selfishly unenlightened. “In light of this last election, I’m concerned about us, as women, and what we think about ourselves and about each other,� Obama complained at the United State of Women summit in California last week. “What is going on in our heads where we let that happen.�

It’s called choice. It’s called rejecting the tired old ideas that some women are more equal than others or that one party has a gender-based monopoly over the other.

Smug Democratic divas who unleash their contempt for independentminded women instead of working to win them over have learned nothing from the 2016 election.

So Trump, like so many prominent GOP women before her, will continue to be snubbed, humiliated and demonized by narrative control freaks because women on the right threaten the cultural hegemony of the left. Black or white, rich or poor, centrist or “far right,� nativeborn or naturalized, Republican mothers, wives and daughters must be otherized and forced to stay in media-manufactured lanes.

When leftists can’t win on their ideas, they resort to marginalizing the messengers of ideology they abhor -- and their mates.

It’s not an attractive look.

Michelle Malkin is host of “Michelle Malkin Investigates� on CRTV.com. Her email address is writemalkin@gmail.com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www. creators.com.

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tax.

They called that “compromise,� but it sounds like replacing a bad plan with a half-as-bad plan.

It’s not only government bureaucrats who are to blame. The consulting firm McKinsey weighed in with an analysis of Seattle-area homelessness and concluded the city needed to spend $400 million a year to solve the homelessness problem.

I’m sure Seattle, and many other governments, will manage to spend $400 million without solving the problem.

It’s good that Amazon pushed back against the tax. Their reminder that they could reduce or close up business if Seattle’s government got too greedy helped cut the tax roughly in half.

You can’t just keep squeezing businesses or other taxpayers forever and not expect them to try to escape. At some point, businesses will pack up and leave. Then there will be fewer paying jobs that make a city’s population less likely to be homeless in the first place.

Sawant and the other big-taxers try to make productive companies, which employ people so they can afford things like rent, sound like villains.

She called Amazon’s threat to leave “extortion.� The activist group Working Washington asked Seattle’s attorney general to charge Amazon with the crime of “issuing mob-like threats.�

Mob-like threats? Amazon just wants to be left alone so it can build complexes, hire people and sell stuff.

As usual, government is the organization that sounds mob-like.

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Never mind that the riots had been going on for weeks preceding the embassy opening. Never mind that Hamas and the Palestinian Authority could quickly and permanently end all violence simply by stopping the violence. The real issue, according to the press, is President Trump and his Israeli friends.

What drives the leftist press’s coverage? Simply put, antipathy to the West. Israel is seen as an outpost of colonialism by leftists, and has been since the 1967 war. ThenPresident Barack Obama expressed the view well in his 2009 speech in Cairo, suggesting that Israel’s rationale relied on its “tragic history� that “culminated in an unprecedented Holocaust.� In this view, the Palestinians were shunted aside in favor of providing national reparations to Jews; the Jews took their Western ways into the heart of a foreign region.

This isn’t true. The living proof of that is Israel’s eternal connection to Jerusalem. That’s why both radical Muslims (including the Palestinian leadership) and the far left deny Israel’s historic bond with its homeland and hope desperately to stop public recognition of that bond.

If Israel exists because Jewish connection pre-existed everything else, then Israel isn’t a new outpost of the West; it’s the oldest center of the West. That’s why Trump’s announcement is important: It’s a recognition that the West was founded on Jerusa-

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Peace will come when everyone recognizes what Trump has recognized: The Jewish connection to Jerusalem is unbreakable. And peace will come when Israel’s enemies realize that violence can’t change that underlying fact.

Ben Shapiro, 34, is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show� and editor-in-chief of DailyWire.com. He is The New York Times best-selling author of “Bullies.� He lives with his wife and two children in Los Angeles. To find out more about Ben Shapiro and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www. creators.com.

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The Muslim minority has suffered systematic discrimination for decades but by August 2017, the military campaign began.

The French humanitarian agency Doctors without Borders (MSF) stated that within the first month of attacks at least 6,700 Rohingya men, women and children were killed.

There was widespread burning of villages by the Myanmar military.

Though UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has spoken out forcefully about the atrocities from their start, there has been no formal action by the fifteen member Security Council to stem the crisis. One reason rests with China’s close political support for the Burmese regime. Beijing would likely block a formal resolution.

Why is Burma so important? The resourcerich former British colony stands astride China’s southern doorstep in Yunnan province, has access to the Bay of Bengal, and holds vast mineral and energy resources.

It’s clearly part of Beijing sphere of influence.

American UN Ambassador Nikki Haley stressed, “The active involvement of the Security Council is essential to bring an end to the Rohingya cri-

sis.” She added, “That, too, will be a challenge, as some members of the Council have kept us from taking action for cynical and self-interested reasons.”

While the U.S. envoy stated that the ultimate solution was for the refugees to return to their own homes on their own land, this seems easier said than done. Surprisingly the Myanmar regime has invited refugees back, but to a very murky future.

Bangladesh delegate Masud Bin Momen warned, “The Rohingya community needed answers to pressing questions of citizenship, freedom of movement, and human rights. The vista of more than 400 burned villages hardly evoked confidence about the prospect of return to Rakhine.”

Ambassador Haley stated poignantly, “We have all heard horrifying accounts of what the Rohingya people have suffered, what ‘ethnic cleansing’ means…that leaves us with no choice but to act now.”

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1918 was not only a war year; it was a year of a severe flu epidemic, referred to as the Spanish flu. The first New Hampshire flu victim was a 27 year old from Dover and by the Spring of 1919 about 3,000 people in New Hampshire had died from the disease; however, of all the New England States, New Hampshire was said to have “suffered the least�.

Still, New Hampshire joined the world in a year just 100 years ago that was one of war and plague.

According to historian Hobart Pillsbury the World War brought great prosperity to the Portsmouth Naval Yard. It was “equipped with a dry dock, machine shops, naval hospital, naval prison, and everything that goes to make up a first-class naval station.� The work

force increased from one thousand to four thousand as the yard constructed submarines and small boats and repaired warships. The Emergency Fleet Corporation built wooden ships along the Piscataqua River, 12 ships of 3,500 tons being built at the same time, and, along with the Atlantic Corporation built steel cargo ships.

There are memorials around New Hampshire as reminders of the Great War and the great warriors from the State who fought in it. Soon after the war fighting was over the States of Maine and New Hampshire in cooperation with the federal government built a bridge over the Piscataqua River between Portsmouth and Kittery which was dedicated as a World War 1 memorial. The structure was constructed between the years 1920 and 1923 and was designated the World War 1 Memorial Bridge. A new replacement bridge was opened in 2013 with a plaque facing traffic which reads “ Memorial to the Sailors and Soldiers of New Hampshire who gave their lives in the World War 1917-1919.�

The year 1917 indicates the entrance of the United States into the war which had been in progress since July of 1914.

Earl Owen McGrath was born in North Stratford, New Hampshire on June12, 1895, but the family moved to Elm Street in Lakeport and Earl attended Laconia Schools. After enlisting in the U.S. Army in June of 1917 he went overseas in September of that year where he served in the 103rd Infantry. Earl McGrath was killed in action in France on July See smith on 47

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13, 1918, fighting for his country when he was 23 years old. He was a member of Our Lady of the Lake Church where a grand requiem high mass was celebrated and memorial services were also held in other churches in the city. Mr. McGrath was the son of William and Ellen McGrath. In 1919 the city of Laconia officially changed the name of Central Street to McGrath Street as a memorial to

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Let us remember that the United States (and the State of New Hampshire) has maintained the freedoms it enjoys since its beginnings at the cost of many lives lost in a number of wars, and that one of those wars was being fought one hundred years ago. Troop morale has been aided by songs written and sung by the servicemen with many of the songs coming out of World War 1 being of

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