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Anne Kaplan, 95, of Nashua is shown the word 'SOFTLY,' written by in-home caregiver Ruth Marrazini, 84, of Wilmington, Mass., on a piece of paper who is hard of hearing March 8 at her home in Nashua. Marazzani has been taking care of Kaplan, for…

Constance Boldini, 77, of Hancock, reflects on her current life in prison Sept. 30 in Goffstown. She is currently the oldest female inmate in the Granite State after pleaded guilty to criminal solicitation to commit murder as part of a plea agreement…

Shirley Maloof playfully places her head on Glynn Hofmann's shoulder during a portrait at their Nashua mobile home. The two have been a couple since falling in love in 1984.

Barack Obama Ndiaye is a baby in Tennessee. He was born to a Senegalese couple on Nov. 2, 2008, two days before the election of the first black president of the United States. “Everywhere he go, ‘Baby Barack, baby Barack Obama, baby Barack…

George W. Bush is a retired firefighter. In 1960, he shook hands with John F. Kennedy on the campaign trail. Now, at 62, Mr. Bush listens devotedly to Rush Limbaugh. “I was a Democrat before I was a Republican,” he explained. By the look on…

Abraham Lincoln is a DJ. Born in Ghana, Mr. Lincoln, 33, was given his name by his grandfather, “because Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves,” he explained. The grandfather was so enamored of Lincoln that he gave his daughter-in-law a cow for giving…

Ulysses Grant is a retired postal worker. Sharing the name of the 18th president hasn't been easy, he said, as an alumnus of 12 anger management classes. His pride in the name has grown over the years. However, he added, “When somebody says a joke…

Thomas Jefferson was homeless for 12 years on the streets of Philadelphia after returning as a combat veteran from the battlefields of Iraq. “When I came home, I was messed up,” he said. Mr. Jefferson struggled with substance abuse and had a…

Calvin Coolidge is a farmer. A distant relative of the 30th president, Calvin Coolidge lives in the upstate town of Jay, next door to the home where he spent his childhood. He is 49 and raises alpacas on ancestral farmland with his wife. He is…

PRESIDENTS - Abraham Lincoln is a DJ. John F. Kennedy is an accountant. Richard Nixon is a retired firefighter. Thomas Jefferson is a veteran of the war in Iraq. George Washington is in prison. For some, sharing the name of an American President was…