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When we last saw Keene's First Congregational Church, it was as the backdrop for a fire fighters' hose practice (http://www.shorpy.com/node/3335) about 1913. Time changes things -- for instance, in 2008, it's now the First Church of Christ and the trees in Central Square are a bit larger.
Steve Miller
Back home, someplace near the crossroads of America
P.S. Found no substantial doughnuts, nor any Moxie...
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