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The siege of Derry in 1689 was the first major event in the Williamite War in Ireland. The siege was preceded by an attempt against the town by Jacobite forces on 7 December 1688 that was foiled when 13 apprentices shut the gates.
Cannons of the Walls of Derry. The walls are lined with 22 cannons from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, other cannons can be found displayed elsewhere in the city. [8] Derry boasts the largest collection of cannons whose precise origins are known, with many of them being used during the Siege of Derry.
The Matthew Thornton House is a historic house and National Historic Landmark in Derry, New Hampshire. It was from 1740 to 1779 the home of Matthew Thornton, a Founding Father and signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. The main block of the house has a roughly square footprint and has the classic New England saltbox shape. It is five ...
Robert Frost Farm (Derry, New Hampshire) 1900–1911 Derry: Frost wrote the majority of his poems from A Boy's Will (1913) and North of Boston (1914) in this house. [52] Robert Frost (2) The Frost Place: 1911–1920 Franconia
Derry is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 34,317 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ] Although it is a town and not a city, Derry is the most populous community in Rockingham County and the 4th most populous in the state.
The Robert Frost Farm in Derry, New Hampshire is a two-story, clapboard, connected farm built in 1884. [5] It was the home of poet Robert Frost from 1900 to 1911. Today it is a New Hampshire state park in use as a historic house museum. [6] The property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the Robert Frost Homestead. [3]
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The Taylor Mill State Historic Site is a state park of New Hampshire located in 71-acre Ballard State Forest in Derry, Rockingham County, in the southeast part of the state. The site was created to protect the 1799 sawmill known as Taylor Up and Down Sawmill. [2] The site is located on Island Pond Road, east of downtown Derry.