Part 2: NH Animal Rescue Trip/ Exploring Concord, NH

Bill and Rob at the NH State House

Over the weekend of Oct. 20-21 I (Rob) flew to New Hampshire to give 2 lectures about my two Pets and the Afterlife books, as fundraisers. My friend Bill accompanied me as he is writing a chapter in the next Pets book about coping with loss. Since we had a couple of hours after flying in, we walked around Concord, NH and here's what we found...the State House, Clock Tower and Law Enforcement memorial... you'll read about them here....

Capital Dome at Sunset

STATE HOUSE - The New Hampshire State House, located in Concord at 107 North Main Street, is the state capitol building of New Hampshire. The capitol houses the New Hampshire General Court, Governor, and Executive Council. It was all lit up at night- as you can see in the picture.

 The current statehouse was designed in 1814, and paid for by the city of Concord. In 1816, local Quakers sold the lot where their meetinghouse was to the state of New Hampshire and the building was built between 1816 and 1819 by architect Stuart Park.

The Clock Tower

THE CLOCK TOWER- This piece of Concord history was all lit up at night. The E. Howard Co. of Boston built the clock, and its steel bell was cast in Sheffield, England. It weighed a ton. On July 26, 1873, the clock was installed at the top of the four-story Board of Trade building at the northeastern corner of School and North Main Streets. Its bell first tolled in 1874, recording the hours and serving as a landmark of downtown Concord. After World War II, the bell of history tolled for Concord’s bright and vibrant downtown.

Bill at the Law Enforcement Memorial

For the full story: http://concordhistoricalsociety.org/the-clock-tower/

THE NH LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL- In front of the State House was a magnificent granite memorial with a metallic flame in the middle of it, surrounded by beautiful, multicolored mums. Inside the walls of the memorial are the names of the police officers who died in the line of duty.

Names of fallen officers on the memorial

  The mission of the memorial and the related foundation is to identify, research, record and honor each fallen NH law enforcement officer.
    The memorial's website contains related events and the Individual story of each NH law enforcement officer who gave his life in an effort to protect and serve the community. For more information: http://newhampshirelawenforcementmemorial.com/


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