Live Free Or Die: New Hampshire state motto
Live Free or Die is the official motto of the U.S.
state of New Hampshire, adopted by the state in 1945.
The phrase comes from a toast written by General John Stark on July 31, 1809. Stark was New Hampshire's most famous soldier of the American Revolutionary War. His poor health forced him to decline an invitation to a reunion of the Battle of Bennington. He sent his toast by letter:
- Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils.
The motto was enacted at the same time as the state emblem, on which it appears.
References
Outside websites
- New Hampshire state law creating motto
- The motto is one of the 101 reasons cited by the Free State Project for the choice of New Hampshire as their destination. [1] Archived 2009-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
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