New Hampshire Statehood Day

In 1775, New Hampshire became the first state to declare its independence from England. In 1776, during the American Revolution, New Hampshire became the first colony to create a constitution and declare its independence from Great Britain. In 1788 it was named the ninth U.S. state.

Englishman John Mason named New Hampshire after Hampshire county in England where he’d lived as a boy. He invested in building on the land, but never left England to see it.

The first American in space, Alan Shepard, was born in Derry, New Hampshire. His historic flight was made in 1961.