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

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

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

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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.

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

And he lived his life accordingly.

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.

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

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

Many things in new hampshire are named after molly stark.

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

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

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

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

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