Tree Talk | Roots of Independence: Trees & the Making of New Hampshire

We hope you'll join us for this Tree Talk lecture featuring Karen Liot Hill during the opening reception of our exhibition, "Rooted: A Story of Trees."

From indigenous Abenaki relationships with the land to the colonial quest for mast pines marked with the King’s Broad Arrow and the 1772 Pine Tree Riot - a spark of resistance that foreshadowed revolution - New Hampshire's forests have shaped our identity, economy, and independence. A student of American Government and 20-year veteran of local and county government in New Hampshire now serving at the state level, Executive Councilor Karen Liot Hill will talk about the significant role that trees played in our state's founding days and beyond.

This lecture will be facilitated both online and in-person. To receive a link, please register via Microsoft Teams HERE. 

Karen Liot Hill is the Executive Councilor for District 2, serving 81 cities and towns in the Capital region, Western New Hampshire, and the North Country. She is a 20-year City Councilor and former Mayor of Lebanon. She also served 4 terms as Grafton County Treasurer (2016-2024). 

Karen has dedicated herself to public and community service in Lebanon, the Upper Valley region, and the State of New Hampshire, where she has served on the board of the Local Government Center, the municipal league for New Hampshire cities and towns, WISE, which supports victims of domestic and sexual violence, and the Lebanon Middle School Parent-Teacher Organization, among others. 

Karen was named one of New Hampshire’s “Top 40 Under 40” in 2010 by the Union Leader newspaper. She is a Dartmouth Class of 2000, where she graduated with Honors in Government. Karen is the mother of two children who both graduated from Lebanon public schools. She works as a radio DJ and a church musician.