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June 2007 Contest
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GRAND PRIZE

Two (2) New Independently Published History Books
$55 value

LAFAYETTE IN AMERICA
Translated by Alan Hoffman

Originally published in French in 1829, this is a journal of General Lafayette's tour of all 24 United States. Lafayette's secretary, Levasseur, describes how the 67-year-old hero of the American Revolution and apostle of liberty in Europe was welcomed and adored by Americans. Details Lafayette's visits with Founding Fathers and addresses slavery and Native American issues. This is the only unabridged English translation.

Lafayette was the sole surviving major general of the Continental Army. With its panoramic view of the young country -- its burgeoning cities and towns, its technological innovations like the Erie Canal, and its industrious people -- this book captures America on the cusp of its jubilee year. ($30) For more information contact Deidre Randall.

PATRIOT’S REWARD
by Stephen Clarkson

Patriot's Reward The time is 1755, over a hundred years before the American Civil War. The place, the British royal province of New Hampshire, far north of King George III’s southern colonies in Virginia and the Carolinas with their extensive plantations maintained by scores of African slaves.

During the next thirty-five years the white residents of this northern region will have their freedom challenged, take up arms to preserve it, and, along with the twelve other Atlantic seaboard colonies, seek to establish a new government of their own that will treat them fairly and equally.

In the same period a young African enslaved in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, chafes at his bondage and embarks on his personal struggle to attain the same freedoms sought by his white owners. He fights in the same war in the name of the same lofty principles.Maybe it was a mistake. ($24,95) Published by Peter E. Randall

JUNE NH HISTORY QUESTION
One clear symbol of the American Revolution stands to this day on the edge of Prescott Park in Portsmouth, NH. The monument represents New Hampshire’s rebellion against the British Stamp Act. It is topped by a golden eagle standing on a silver "beehive" and displays a carved wooden shield. This item is called what? (click for hint)

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