Exeter, NH

• Exeter served as the state's capital during the Revolutionary War.
• The first President to visit Exeter was George Washington.
• In 1843, a Democrat named Amos Tuck was thrown out of his party for supporting the abolishment of slavery. On October 12, Amos formed a new political party call the Republicans. The new party nominated a close friend of Amos named Abraham Lincoln, who's son attended PEA, to run as President and the rest is history.
• During the summer months the world's oldest continuously organized brass band provides free concerts in the bandstand that is located in the center of downtown.
• The bandstand was designed by Henry Bacon who was the architect of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Daniel Chester French a native of Exeter sculpted the stature of Abe sitting in-front of the Lincoln Memorial as well as Exeter's World War I memorial of "Mother Town and Soldier Son".

The Gilman Garrison House built in 1690 is open to the public from June to October. The Ladd-Gilman House, home to the American Independence museum (AIM) is open from May to October. John Taylor Gilman an Exeter native and staunch supporter of liberty, read the Declaration of Independence in Exeter on July 16, 1776. During renovation of the AIM an original copy of the Declaration was discovered behind an old picture - it now alternates between the AIM and the State House in Concord, NH.

Exeter has 96 resident doctors working at the local 100 room hospital. The closest airports are Manchester (30 miles) and Boston (50 miles). The average annual precipitation is 42.0 inches. The average temperature is 21.8 degrees with January averaging 21.8 degrees and July averaging 69.5 degrees. Exeter has a web site. If you thinking of relocating and need additional information, please e-mail Paul Hamblett or call him at RE/MAX® Coast to Coast (603) 431-1111, Ext 3813. Paul's direct line is (603) 501-3813.

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