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Three field pieces were procured and properly manned, and with these were kept up an almost incessant cannon- ading in and around Central Square for more than six hours. Other Campaigns. Compared with the political cam- paign of 1840 those of '44 and '48 were tame affairs, but the one preceding the election of Franklin Pierce to the presidency in 1852 was very exciting throughout the state, partly owing to the fact that Mr. Pierce was a citizen of New Hampshire. Keene people took a deep interes...t in the contest, and it was during this campaign that flags bearing the names of political candidates were first " flung to the breeze. " These were not swung across the street by a rope or wire as is now the practice, but were dis- played in the only way in which the United States flag should be floated — from a mast or liberty-pole. The first campaign flag raised in Keene bore the names of Scott and Graham, the last candidates ever nominated by the Whig party for the ofiices of president and vice president.
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