| New Hampshire's state motto is "Live Free or Die". The motto comes from a statement written by the Revolutionary General John Stark, hero of the Battle of Bennington. | Chunky's Cinema was one the first theaters to serve food while customers watched a movie. Located in Pelham and Nashua, Chunky's serves over 1,000,000 patrons each year. | Levi Hutchins, of New Hampshire, created a mechanical alarm clock in 1787. This device he made only for himself however, and it only rang at 4 AM, in order to wake him for his job. | Robert Frost wrote "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" in 1922, and was published in 1923 in his New Hampshire volume. | The Christa McAuliffe Planetarium in Concord is dedicated to the memory of New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe, who died in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger. |
