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Laura Knoy:
Laura Knoy:
Given the current controversy over Confederate statues, how should we view the statue of Hannah Duston in colonial times? She was lauded as a hero for killing and scalping 10 natives who had captured her. A statue of Duston was erected in 1874 and still stands on an island in the Merrimack River. But today, many feel the story and the statue are problematic. Our guests today are among those native Granite Staters and historians who say the standard Duston narrative offers too simple a view of an incredibly complicated time in New England history. And they re working to retell this legend through a much wider lens today. In exchange, how should we view the Hannah Duston story?