Franklin Pierce, Concord NH
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N 43° 12.423 W 071° 32.210
19T E 293918 N 4786932
Fourteenth President of the United States., on courthouse lawn, Concord, New Hampshire.
Waymark Code: WM40P4
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 06/19/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Mark1962
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Statue Sculpture: Augustus Lukeman
Foundry: Jno. Williams, Inc. N.Y.
Erected by: The State of New Hampshire.

Text from Base of Statue:

FRANKLIN PIERCE

FOURTEENTH PRESIDENT
OF THE
UNITED STATES

Brigadier General U.S.A.
Puebla
Contreras
Churubusco
Moundo Del Rey
Chapultepec
Commissioner appointed by General
Scott to arrange an armistice
with General Santa Anna.
"He was a gentleman and a man of Courage."


Ulysses S. Grant


Born at Hillsborough New Hampshire
November 23, 1804
A Warrior who loved profession
and was a great leader in it.
Member New Hampshire Legislature
at 25, and Speaker at 27.
Congressman at 29
United States Senator at 32 and
President at 37.
Later in life declined the office
of Attorney General of the United
States; That of Secretary of State
and Governorship of his state.

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