To the editor:

The title of this letter to the editor is the second, less-known part of the state’s motto as a toast by Gen. Stark following the Revolutionary War. “Live Free or Die” is the official New Hampshire motto adopted by the state in 1945. It is possibly the best-known of all state mottoes, partly because it conveys an assertive independence historically found in American political philosophy and partly because of its contrast to the milder sentiments found in other state mottoes.

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