Shaheen, Hassan Celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary at New Hampshire State House

"The women who were working the farms, the men who marched off to fight, [...] none of them knew how the fight against Britain would end. They simply believed that the future was worth betting on. And today, as we know, the legislature still meets behind us in the oldest continuously operating capitol in the country, but the greatest measure of what they built isn't behind us. It's right here, it's in front of us. It is all of you, on this lawn, all of the families, all of the citizens of this country who are celebrating today. Free people, still governing ourselves, 250 years later," Senator Shaheen said in prepared remarks.