Site of the Pine Tree Riot in Weare, New Hampshire

In the grand scheme of the American Revolution, much of the glitz and glamor of colonial rebellion can be linked to Boston. The site of the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, so on and so forth. Yet 70 miles north, in the small town of Weare, New Hampshire, a small monument marks the site of one of the country’s first instances of fighting back against British oppression. New Hampshire’s economy has long been built on the state’s beautiful forests, with the tall trees that permeate the landscape serving as…

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