| Exhibition Review | The Journal of American History, 92.1

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Exhibition Reviews

"Franklin Pierce: Defining Democracy in America." New Hampshire Historical Society, Tuck Library, 30 Park St., Concord, NH 03301.

Temporary exhibition, July 3, 2004–May 8, 2005. 1,800 sq. ft. Wesley G. Balla, curator and designer; Peter A. Wallner, historian and curriculum developer; Wayne Gallup, graphic designer; Douglas Copeley, registrar and preparator; Nancy Jo Chabot and Lynn Clark, preparators; Mark Foynes, educational programs; Chris MacLeod, online exhibition and resources.

Franklin Pierce: New Hampshire's Favorite Son. By Peter A. Wallner. (Concord: Plaidswede, 2004. 321 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-9755216-1-6.)

"Revealing Relationships: The Family and Friends of Franklin Pierce," Historical New Hampshire, 59 (Spring 2005), 3–65. Special issue.

Lecture series and school programs.

Internet: photographs and text <http://www.nhhistory.org/museumexhibits/pierce/pierce1.htm> (Dec. 15, 2004).

The sole president from the Granite State, Franklin Pierce was New Hampshire's favorite son—at least for much of his career. The bicentennial of his birth in 2004 inspired the New Hampshire Historical Society to mine its extensive collection and erect a visually impressive exhibition on the nation's fourteenth president. The society's Tuck Library, a classic Beaux-Arts building with grand curving staircases and a marble rotunda, provided a perfect setting. Its gravitas is worthy of the presidency.

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