Veterans - Belmont NH

Veterans, Service Members, Americanism

In Memorium

Charles C. Kilborn
1890-1918
Harleigh C. Brown, Jr.
1922-1944
Phillips O. Swain
1926-1945
Leo Rolfe
1933-1956
E. Brooks Piper
1907-1943
Arthur Hackett
1922-1944
Herbert Allen Prescott
1926-1945
Stephen Santy
1949-1968

Veteran’s or Veteran’s Surviving Spouse Tax Credit (RSA 72:28)

Applications may be obtained from the Assessing Office.

A Credit of $500.00 from real estate tax bill($250 off 1st tax bill & $250 off 2nd tax bill)
Honorable discharge from service
Applicant must apply with a copy of DD214 or equivalent
Applicant must own property on April 1st of year of application
NH resident for 1 year prior to April 1st of the application year
Principle place of abode
Must be in armed service for a minimum of 90 days

NOTE: If you are receiving a Veterans Credit in any other Town, City or State, you are NOT eligible to receive the Veterans Credit in the Town of Belmont.

Apply by the filing deadline date of April 15th of the current tax year.

Disabled Veterans or Widow of Disabled Veteran Tax Credit (RSA 72:35)

Applications may be obtained from the Assessing Office.

Any person who has been honorably discharged from the military service and who has a total and permanent service-connected disability, or the surviving spouse of such a person shall receive a yearly tax credit of $1,400 of property taxes on his residential property.:

Exemption: $1,400 reduction of total real estate tax bill
Disability must be total and permanent service-connected injury (regardless of dates served)
Principle place of abode
Owner of the property on April 1st of application year

Apply with copy of letter from Veterans Administration certifying 100% total and permanent disability by the filing deadline date of April 15th of the current tax year.

Veterans Monument

The Veteran’s Monument was erected to honor those soldiers who fought for the country and was donated by Moses Sargent, Jr. in 1919, costing him $5,000.

The dedication of the monument reads as follows, “Dedicated to the men and women of Belmont who served in the Wars of this Country and in memory of the following who made the supreme sacrifice Herbert A. Prescott WWI, Phillip O. Swain WWII, Ernest B. Piper WWII, Steven C. Santy Vietnam, Arthur M. Hackett WWII, Harliegh C. Brown WWII, Leo J. Rolfe Korean, and John J. Moynihan Air Force.” Postcard History Series Belmont Diane M. Marden with the Belmont Historical Society

Monument Reconstruction

2011 – As part of the 2011 Church Street reconstruction the 1919 Belmont Veterans’ Monument was raised and given a much more appropriate surrounding. The Monument is the focal point of the Belmont Memorial Day commemoration.

Charles Kilborn Post #58 American Legion

On the evening of September 20, 1920 fifteen World War I veterans gathered in the old carriage house opposite St. Joseph’s church and organized the Charles Kilborn Post #58 American Legion. Walter C. Harris was chosen the first post Commander. The post was named for Charles Cutting Kilborn, who died at Camp Yaphank, Long Island, NY on October 5, 1918, just four weeks to the day he left home. He was a native of Belmont and spent nearly all his life at his family’s farm off Bean Hill Road (Richard Perry farm).

For a number of years the organization occupied the building opposite the town hall on Fuller Street. This was sold in 1956 in anticipation of construction of new quarters but the project was later abandoned. The town later voted to allow the organization use of the old fire station in return for its upkeep and meetings have been held here since that time.

Over the years the American Legion has been active in patriotic causes and has never failed to place both a flag and a floral tribute on the grave of every Belmont veteran on Memorial Day

First Vietnam Casualty

PFC Jay A. Hurd, 19, of Belmont was killed in action in Vietnam, September 1, 1966, by a sniper’s bullet while returning to base with his unit from a combat mission. He was the first casualty of the Vietnam War from the Laconia Area.

Veteran Honored

Senator Kelly Ayotte Wednesday presented veteran Rosario Cadorette with a Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts for his service during World War II.

The event was hosted by American Legion Charles Kilborn Post 58 of Belmont and attended by American Legion officers from around the State including State Commander John Graham, members of Cadorette’s family and Belmont Selectman Ruth Mooney who thanked Cadorette for his service to the country.