170. Civil War Riot of 1861
erected 1996
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170. Civil War Riot of 1861 |
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| located on NH107 in Freemont, NH |
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"In 1928, the Exeter News-Letter printed an eye-witness
account of Fremont's July 4, 1861 Civil War riot, written by 77-year-old Alden F. Sanborn. After
Fremont's loyal citizens raised a 150-foot 'liberty pole' at nearby Liberty Square and had run up
the Union flag, 'a southern sympathizer moved to put a bullet through it. Someone immediately
moved to put a bullet through that man. (A small riot ensued.) which was then squelched with the
aid of the brave boys in blue, one of whom remark(ed "If) we were going to fight the rebels...we
had as soon commence here as anywhere." ' " erected 1996 |
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