To the editor:

Our nation’s first military act of the American Revolution and fight against tyranny began in New Hampshire in December 1775. Paul Revere had sent word that a British man-of-war was on its way to Portsmouth to secure stores of powder and arms. In response, on Dec. 14, 1775, patriots John Langdon and Gen. John Sullivan led an assault and captured Fort William and Mary in New Castle. The British flag was hauled down, and 103 barrels of gunpowder, 16 cannons and shot were removed.

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