Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from State of New Hampshire, Vol. 47: Manual for the General Court, 1981
Nine historic developments approved by New Hampshire's Legislature over the past 72 years continue to function as basic features of the public life of its citizenry. The Granite State never had an official state flag until it was created by the 1909 Legislature. It has had an official state seal, in various forms, since 1775, but is was not until 1931 that the Legislature created the present seal with rigid restrictions as to detail. New Hampshire became the last state in the Union to adopt a state motto, which became Live Free or Die, by vote of the 1945 Legislature. And the 1945 legislators also adopted the Old Man of the Mountain, the world famous scenic wonder of the White Mountains, as the state's official emblem. In addition, by legislative actions, the purple lilac became the state flower in 1919; the white birch became the state tree in 1947; the purple finch became the state bird in 1957, and the ladybug became the state insect in 1977. New Hampshire alsohas an official state song, and several honorary state songs, created over a period of years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
