Rockingham Memorial
N 42° 59.435 W 071° 02.390
19T E 333708 N 4761787
Rockingham Memorial - Brentwood
Waymark Code: WMA4G
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 04/09/2006
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The text on the marker reads "Brentwood's meetinghouse could not hold the nearly 2,000 Federalists who gathered for the Friends of Peace rally here on August 5, 1812. So "under the great canopy of Heaven," Daniel Webster read his "Rockingham Memorial," opposing the United States' entry into the War of 1812. Although he had not held any previous elective office, before the meeting ended Webster was chosen to run for Congress on the Peace Ticket. He won the election and became a national figure."
Marker Name: Rockingham Memorial
Official Marker Number: 180
Marker Type: Official NH State
Marker Location: Brentwood
Date Marker Established: 2002
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