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New Hamshire's plate<br> Sightseeing in Vermont picture - is an attention getter. Their unusual motto "Live Free or Die" was adopted by the General Court in 1945. It is probably the best-known of all state mottos, partly because it speaks to an aggressive independence inherent in the American dream, and partly because of its contrast to the mild sentiments usually found in such slogans. The phrase comes from a toast written by General John Stark on July 31, 1809. Poor health forced Stark, New Hampshire's most famous soldier of the American Revolutionary War, to decline an invitation to an anniversary reunion of the Battle of Bennington and to send his toast by letter: “ Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils.” The motto was enacted at the same time as the state emblem, on which the motto appears.
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is an attention getter. Their unusual motto "Live Free or Die" was adopted by the General Court in 1945. It is probably the best-known of all state mottos, partly because it speaks to an aggressive independence inherent in the American dream, and partly because of its contrast to the mild sentiments usually found in such slogans. The phrase comes from a toast written by General John Stark on July 31, 1809. Poor health forced Stark, New Hampshire's most famous soldier of the American Revolutionary War, to decline an invitation to an anniversary reunion of the Battle of Bennington and to send his toast by letter: “ Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils.” The motto was enacted at the same time as the state emblem, on which the motto appears.
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