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  • Free Play In Nature — We ALL Learn

    Dave Anderson
    July 21, 2022

    A tradition continued when English Language Learners/campers returned to the floodplain to explore the Merrimack River.

  • CDFA announces $5M in tax credits to fund housing, affordable childcare and community revitalization

    June 25, 2022

    The Forest Society was one of the recipients of awards from the CDFA in tax credits.

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  • Caledonian Record: Ground Breaks On Rocks Estate Renovations

    June 24, 2022

    Greeting the 60-some people attending, which included the construction and engineering team, Forest Society trustees and representatives, elected officials and representatives for the town of Bethlehem, was Jack Savage, president of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests.

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New Bethlehem highway marker honors 'mother of forensic science'

By John Koziol, Union Leader Correspondent (unionleader.com, reposted with permission)
August 29, 2018
The Rocks
Education
Unveiling a NH Highway historical marker honoring the "mother of forensic science"
Michael Bruno, left, and Nigel Manley unveil a NH Highway historical marker at The Rocks estate in Bethlehem on Tuesday honoring the late Frances Glessner Lee as the “mother of forensic science.” Photo: John Koziol/Union Leader

BETHLEHEM — Frances Glessner Lee’s dictum was “Convict the guilty, clear the innocent, and find the truth in a nutshell,” which she did on a scale of one inch to the foot.

Born into Chicago high society at a time when ladies didn’t go to college or have careers, Glessner Lee, according to the Bethlehem Heritage Society, created 20 meticulously detailed dioramas of real crime scenes, 18 of which are still being used as teaching tools by the Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, and which earlier this year were presented at the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in an exhibit called, “Murder Is Her Hobby: Frances Glessner Lee and The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death.”

Described as the “mother of forensic science” and the inspiration for books and a TV series character, Glessner Lee — who lived from 1878 to 1962 — was honored Tuesday at The Rocks, her family’s former estate, with a New Hampshire Historical Highway Marker.

The unveiling of the marker, inside the triangle at the intersection of Glessner Road and Route 302, was the culmination of research that author and Bethlehem resident Michael Bruno did for his recently released book, “Cruising New Hampshire History: A Guide to New Hampshire’s Historical Roadside Markers.”

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New Bethlehem highway marker honors 'mother of forensic science'

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