Brady On Franklin Pierce In This Month’s New Hampshire Magazine
Check out my new feature for New Hampshire Magazine about Franklin Pierce: NH's Forgotten President.
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11, 2017
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11, 2015
Pumpkin Pierce
Your move, Millard Fillmore.
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11, 2012
Nice Cape: The Franklin Pierce Statue in Concord, NH
Do note that while the state did honor Pierce with a statue after fifty years or so, they made sure it was technically on city - not state - ground, as if to say, he's mostly yours, Concord.
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09, 2012
Franklin Pierce, the "Buy Local" President
So far as I can tell, there are three things worth noting about Wednesday, November 25, 1914. Each of those things appeals to a different kind of person:For big turkey eaters, note that it was the
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09, 2012
What I’m working on
We're just over a week out from the DC trip and there's lots going on.First: I'm finalizing my DC itinerary. A lot is already in place - I just booked a tour of Washington National Cathedral,
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08, 2012
Pierce statue
Got a few good photos of the Franklin Pierce statue outside the State House in Concord. I'm working on a longer piece about this statue, which has kind of an interesting story around it. The New
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07, 2012
Franklin Pierce Dollar
Franklin Pierce Dollar, a photo by bcarlson33 on Flickr. My coworker Stephanie loaned me this piece from the now-scaled-back presidential dollar series.
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07, 2012
Franklin Pierce Gravesite
Franklin Pierce Gravesite, a photo by bcarlson33 on Flickr. at Old North Cemetery, Concord. Visited July 7, 2012.
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07, 2012
Franklin Pierce
A number of presidents are considered failures; Franklin Pierce is one of them. But he had a pretty good excuse: everyone in his life was dying around him.
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07, 2012
Reading list
Reading list, a photo by bcarlson33 on Flickr. I have a lot of reading ahead of me for this project.