Southern New Hampshire w/ Kids: Covered Bridges, Franklin Pierce & Portsmouth's Black Heritage Trail

Charlotte drives across southern New Hampshire — three covered bridges including the oldest one in the world, the only president the state ever produced, and a walk through Portsmouth that goes well past the postcard version. #crtsg ——— "Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils." — General John Stark, toast written for a Battle of Bennington reunion, July 31, 1809 ——— If you have one day: start in Contoocook. The railroad bridge there was rebuilt in 1889 and is the oldest surviving covered railroad bridge in the world — you can still walk through it — and Concord is only twenty minutes away, which puts the Pierce Manse, the State House and the Portsmouth seacoast in comfortable reach of a single day. In Concord, Charlotte visits the Pierce Manse and the gravesite of Franklin Pierce, the only U.S. president from New Hampshire. In Portsmouth she walks Strawbery Banke, Prescott Park and the old waterfront — and follows stops on the Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, which marks the wharf where enslaved Africans were brought ashore and sold, and tells the story of the twenty enslaved men who petitioned the New Hampshire legislature for their freedom in 1779. It's the harder half of the same history the covered bridges and the state motto celebrate, and it's marked in bronze a few steps from the tourist waterfront. The day ends inland in Nashua at Mine Falls Park and Greeley Park. ______ 🎒 ABOUT THIS CHANNEL Kid-friendly travel guides, from a kid! Charlotte Rose explores major international destinations and all 50 US states — showing families the best places to see, eat, and experience through a child's eyes. ▶️ WATCH NEXT In-Depth Travel Guides:    • The Twin Cities with Kids: Walker Art Cent...   Quick Trips:    • The House on the Nickel! Touring Monticell...   2026 Playlist:    • Winter in Central Florida: Manatees Swimmi...   📋 PLAYLISTS America250 —    • Universal Theme Parks: The Exhibition │ A ...   The 50 States Project │ A Kid's Guide to America —    • Montana with Kids: Glacier National Park, ...   Orlando Theme Parks —    • Magic Kingdom Fantasyland: Every Ride Revi...   📍 CHAPTERS 0:00 Introduction 0:20 Dalton Covered Bridge 0:48 Contoocook Railroad Bridge — Oldest in the World 2:05 Rowell Bridge 2:31 Concord First House Marker 2:58 The Pierce Manse 3:20 President Franklin Pierce Gravesite 3:50 Downtown Concord & the New Hampshire State House 4:12 Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth 6:59 Portsmouth Naval Shipyard 7:45 Memorial Bridge 7:56 Prescott Park 9:16 Sheafe Warehouse 9:52 The Gallery @Sheafe 10:21 Liberty Pole 11:06 African Burying Ground Memorial Park 11:43 Long Wharf & the Old Harbour 12:16 Uncle Sam's House 12:55 Mine Falls Park, Nashua 14:09 Greeley Park 14:49 See You Next Time! #newhampshire #portsmouthnh #blackheritagetrail #coveredbridges #franklinpierce #america250 #familytravel #travelwithkids