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06/07/2026

If your rainy afternoon plan doesn't involve hunting for out-of-print treasures alongside a resident bookstore cat, you're doing New Hampshire wrong.

06/07/2026

First published for the June 6, 1959 cover of The Saturday Evening Post, Norman Rockwell's The juxtaposes the optimism and enthusiasm of a student against a collage of ominous headlines reflecting a difficult job market, inflation, and threats of war, which continue to resonate with young graduates even today. Rockwell's own son Thomas served as the model in this near life-sized portrait.

Find an original magazine tearsheet in our galleries, with custom prints of this, along with other great gift ideas for dads and grads, available 15% OFF with coupon code SPRING15 at prints.nrm.org

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06/07/2026

06/06/2026

FREE Narrated Boat Tours on the Merrimack River ARE BACK!

Summer ’26: Sat., July 11, 18, 25; Aug. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; leave at 10 AM and return at approximately 12 noon.

See flyer for details!

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Supported by a grant from The White Fund of Lawrence, Massachusetts to the Friends of the Lawrence Heritage State Park and offered through the Greater Lawrence Community Boating Program, Lawrence Heritage State Park and the Massachusetts Dept. of Conservation & Recreation.

06/06/2026

Explore Historic Lawrence!
Free Guided Walking Tours: June 2026!

06/06/2026

06/06/2026

On this day in 1944, the first Operation Jedburgh team parachuted into occupied France on the night before the Allied landings in Normandy.

The "Jedburgh" teams operated under the Office of Strategic Services, a predecessor organization to CIA, and worked with local resistance groups to disrupt German responses to the D-Day invasion. Additional teams deployed in the days and weeks that followed, serving across occupied Europe and providing an important link between anti-German resistance forces and Allied command.

Learn more:
https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/surprise-kill-vanish-the-legend-of-the-jedburghs/

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06/06/2026

June 6 1778
The British ship 'Trident', arrived in British controlled Philadelphia from London carrying a group of peace commissioners.
The three commissioners, led by 29 year old Frederick Howard, the Earl of Carlisle, William Eden, and Richard Jackson, arrived with substantial bargaining power from London to bring this rebellion to an end.
When the commissioners arrived in Philadelphia, they were able to offer an impressive set of concessions.
However, they were surprised to learn that General Howe had already left for London, and even more surprised to learn that General Clinton was preparing to evacuate Philadelphia.
This was the first that the commissioners were hearing about the evacuation plans.

On June 13, a week after the commission’s arrival in Philadelphia the commissioners sent a message to the Continental Congress in York, essentially saying that they just wanted the war to end and that they were willing to discuss all the demands that the colonies had articulated as reasons for the war and independence.

General Washington did not permit the messenger to go to Congress, but did allow the message to be delivered.
Four days later, President Henry Laurens, on behalf of a unanimous Congress rejected the peace overture and rejected any offers for further meetings.
As a condition for any further discussions, the British either had to recognize American Independence, or remove all military forces from the US.