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Hampshire Located in Manchester on Reed St, just off Bremer. Click here for Peter Labrie's website dedicated to the history of this boxcar.
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This fine painting of the car hangs inside the enclosure. The enclosure was rebuilt by the New England Trade Institute with financing from St. Mary's Bank. |
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| Inside the New Hampshire Merci Train Boxcar |  |
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| A miniature model representing the car and a suitably painted steam locomotive. |  |
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| Each fall since 1953, the local 40 & 8 Society -- the Grand Voiture du New Hampshire 40 & 8 -- holds a ceremony commemorating the French boxcar and its gifts to the people of New Hampshire. |  |
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| The car represented the good will between the people of America and France. |  |
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| Images from the 2009 ceremony. |  |
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| 21 gun salute. |  |
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A list of the car's benefactors adorns the wall in the enclosure. The cars arrived in the late 1940s and the Granite State's car was taken to Concord where it remained until 1953 when it was given to Manchester -- at the request of the Grand Voiture du New Hampshire of the 40 & 8 -- which promised to enshrine it and hold regular services at its site to keep its memory alive. A local church donated the plot. |
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The New Hampshire French Gratitude Train Boxcar. Images and Research: Peter Labrie |
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