Pierce party looks good on the surface

Save the date: Nov. 23 is the 200th birthday of America's handsomest president. Yes, they are planning quite a wingding up in Concord, N.H., for the bicentennial of native son Franklin Pierce, the Granite State's only president. This past weekend, Pierce-ans staged an inaugural ball in period costume in Hillsborough, N.H., to make up for the ball that Pierce never ... (Full article: 673 words)

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