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A Civil War hero, Maj. Gen. Fitz-John Porter was Porter was born August 31, 1822 in Portsmouth, NH. Porter was court marshaled for the Union defeat at the Battle of Second Manassas. Porter was not exonerated until 1886. The statue in Haven Park was built by a friend of Porter’s to commemorate his reinstatement to service. It details his military career, including a daring spy mission in which Porter used a hot air balloon to fly over enemy lines. Three 18th century houses once stood on this spot. The land was given by a descendant of the Haven family in 1900 with the wishes that the land be used for a public park. The bronze statue of Porter, who once lived nearby, seemed the appropriate monument. Local rumor has it that the equestrian statue was originally to appear in Haymarket Square, but the back end of the horse abutting the local church was unacceptable to parishioners. Today the park slopes downward from the stately homes of Pleasant Street and affords views of the South Mill Pond. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitz_John_Porter" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitz_John_Porter</a> <a href="http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1PN62447U9898.33&menu=search&aspect=Keyword&npp=50&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=ariall&ri=&source=~!siartinventories&term=haven+park&index=.GW&aspect=Keyword&term=&index=.AW&term=&index=.TW&term=fitz+john+porter&index=.SW&term=&index=.FW&term=&index=.OW&term=&index=.NW&x=14&y=13#focus" rel="nofollow">siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1PN62...</a> |
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