NH MILITIA
NOVEMBER PROGRAM
November
19 at 2 pm, the old Epsom Town Hall was the location for the
November meeting of the Epsom Historical Association which featured
a program on the early NH Militia.
Traveling back in time and touring through New Hampshire’s
military history from its beginnings in 1623 to the present
day National Guard, Tom Graham II will presented a 25 minute
video overview of the past 370 years of New Hampshire’s
impressive military history. Mr. Graham serves as the historian
for the New Hampshire National Guard and took questions after
the presentation.
Epsom played an important role, with members of its militia
making the trek to Bunker 
Hill,
and maintained a strong militia (the 18th Regiment) throughout
the first half of the 1800’s. Prominent citizens of the
local militia included members of the McClary family, Simon
Ames Heath, John Ham, Daniel Cilley, James Babb, Josiah Crosby
and General Benjamin L. Locke.
The program was open to the public and refreshments were served
by Nancy Claris and Mary Frambach. Officers were elected for
2007, and remain the same as the past year: Harvey Harkness,
President; Phil Yeaton, Vice President; Elsie Fife, Secretary;
and Penny Graham, Treasurer.
