Live Free or Die

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Live Free or Die is the offeecial motto o New Hampshire, ane o the fifty states o the Unitit States o Americae. It was taen up in 1945 an it is belike the maist weel kent state motto. It was frist said in 1809 by General John Stark that wis the maist famous sodger o New Hampshire; aucht unweel health, he coulna gae an meet wi his comrades for tae celebrate the anniversar o the Fecht o Bennington, sae he wrate the salutation:

Leeve free or dee; daith is nae the warst o ills.