U.S. Army Sargeants Patrick Combs (left) and Jesus Salamarea roll up the American flag after the President Franklin Pierce 214th birtday celebration at the Old North Cemetery in Concord on Tuesday, November 20, 2018.
U.S. Army Sargeants Patrick Combs (left) and Jesus Salamarea roll up the American flag after the President Franklin Pierce 214th birtday celebration at the Old North Cemetery in Concord on Tuesday, November 20, 2018. Credit: Concord Monitor — Geoff Forester

Concord — The nation’s only president from New Hampshire was remembered last week in honor of his 214th birthday.

Franklin Pierce was honored on Tuesday in Old North Cemetery in Concord as the New Hampshire Army National Guard and the Pierce Brigade set a wreath at the 14th president’s gravesite. Students from the Christa McAuliffe School also participated.

The White House sends the wreath every year to mark the president’s date of birth and contributions serving in the country’s highest office. Pierce was president from 1853 to 1857. His actual birthdate is Nov. 23. He was born in Hillsborough, N.H., in 1804.

— Associated Press