lawyer and former new hampshire representative charles douglas. thank you for agreeing to show us around. for people who have not been here, this is my first time what , do they need to know about concord, new hampshire? well it is the state capital , of little new hampshire. it is in the southern central part of the state, about 60,000 people, right on the banks of the merrimack river, and it is usually the headquarters for presidential campaigns every four years, but as the state capital, there are about 10,000 state workers within 20 miles of where we are sitting. ashley: you mentioned to the capital. can we head that way? yes. let s go see the capital. this is the capital. it was built around 1816, the oldest capital where the legislature still sits in the original chamber. it has had a little bit of expansion, but it is essentially the same building as in the early 1800s. ashley: how again does this play a role in national politics? well, you have the steps of th
tv. filing concord, we toured the city with charles douglas. check, thank you for agreeing to show us around concord here in what do they need to know about concord new hampshire? it is the state capital of little new hampshire. it is in the southern central part of the state, about 60,000 people. right on the banks of the merrimack river. it is usually the headquarters for presidential campaigns every four years. about 10,000 state workers within 20 miles of where we are sitting. you have the capitals in the front and they all love twos week. reagan, clinton, everybody has tried to make an address and have a huge crowd filled this area, usually with success. people in new hampshire take the primary seriously. they will come out here and they will dissipate. they know it is a secret duty. toryare very the dissipate and a very high percentage vote in our primary. it is a beautiful capital. should we see the rest of the city? sure. main street finished in $11 million im
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charles: it is in the southern, central part of the state. right on the banks of the merrimack river. headquarters for presidential campaigns every four years. it is the state capital of 10,000 state workers. host: should we had that way? y? head tht wa charles: this capital is the oldest where the legislature still sits and the original chamber. it was built around 1816. it is the same building as in the early 1800s. host: how does it play a role in national politics? charles: you have the steps of the capitol in the front. to in thisspoken square. reagan, clinton, tries to make an address. hampshire take the primary seriously. they will come out and participate. they know it is a sacred duty. they are very participatory. a very high percentage vote in the primary. interviewer: a beautiful capital. where we going now? charles: main street. it finished and $11 million improvement. improvement.lion hotel, this is where legislators used tuesday when they came by train used to
it is the state capital. about 10,000 state workers within probably 20 miles of where we are sitting. let s go see the capitol. it was built around 1816. wherethe oldest capitol the legislature still sits in the original chamber. it has had a little bit of expansion, but it is basically the same as it was in the 1800s. how does it play a role in the national politics? you have the steps in the love tond all the pols speak to the crowds in this square. reagan, clinton. everybody has tried to make an address and have a huge crowd filled this area, usually with success. people in new hampshire take the primary seriously. they will come out. they will participate. they know it is a sacred duty. , andare very participatory a very high percentage vote in our primary. should we see the rest of the city? sure. main street just finished an $11 million improvement. it all opened up pretty much in the last few months. as you can see, these buildings this one right here, the ea