Webafter the war, john stark brought home a cannon he had captured and named it after his wife!

Webhowever, her husband, new hampshire general john stark, said and did a lot of things.

Molly stark was the wife of john stark, new hampshire’s famous

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And he lived his life accordingly.

He called it “old molly. ” the cannon is now in new boston, where every july 4 the town fires it to celebrate the national holiday.

In fact, the name molly stark is probably beter known today than her husband’s.

John stark was a hero for his time, though most of us never learned about his life beyond his famous line.

John stark displayed his fighting spirit well before his heroics at the battle of bunker hill or the battle of bennington.

Many things in new hampshire are named after molly stark.

She was born in haverhill, massachusetts, moved with her family to dunbarton, new hampshire, around 1755, and was the daughter of the first postmaster of new hampshire, caleb page, and his wife ruth.

It was john who made molly a legend at the revolutionary war battle of bennington, vermont.

Webaround 200 years ago, when general john stark wrote “live free or die,” he meant exactly what it said.

“molly” may have only been her nickname, but it stuck.

As a young man, stark was captured by abenaki indians and forced to run the gauntlet.

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