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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM220M_vermont-veterans-home_Bennington-VT.html
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In 1884, the State General Assembly authorized an initial $10,000 appropriation to establish a soldiers' home to care for disabled veterans of the Civil War. The former country estate of Seth B. Hunt, erected in 1860, was chosen. The Sol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZXU_john-stark_Bennington-VT.html
Brigadier GeneralJohn Stark1728 - 1822Victor of the Battleat Bennington1777 "There they are boys!We beat them todayOr Molly Stark sleepsA widow tonight!"Design by John Rogers - 1889Sculpture by Robert ShureGift of John Brooks Threlfall -…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZXS_bennington-civil-war-monument-a-war-memorial_Bennington-VT.html
To the memory of the men from Bennington whose patriotism helped to maintain and perpetuate the Union 1861 - 1865A tribute byBennington Post no. 13,American LegionDedicated at the Department Convention of the Legion,the first held in Bennington,Au…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S2O_vermont-molly-stark-trail-and-historic-old-bennington_Bennington-VT.html
State Highway 9 traverses scenic Hogback Mt. to the Connecticut River Valley. Old Bennington, site of the Battle Monument and Historical Museum, was the meeting place of the Green Mountain Boys. It was the first town chartered by Governor Benning …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GKU_vermont-is-a-state-i-love_Bennington-VT.html
The text of this marker found on both sides of this plaque.
"I could not look upon the peaks of Ascutney, Eillington, Mansfield, and Equinox without being moved in a way that no other scene could move me. It was here that I first saw the ligh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMONZ_the-corkscrew-railroad_Bennington-VT.html
When wealthy North Bennington resident Trenor Park purchased the Bennington-Rutland Railroad, he found that the railroad "barons" of the Troy and Boston Railroad refused him access to the New York lines. Rather than fight this monopoly, Park built…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIS0_vermonts-colonial-shrine_Bennington-VT.html
Whereas, the Old First Church of Bennington wasorganized December 3, 1762, and is the Oldest Church within the present limits of Vermont; and
Whereas, our forefathers met in Prayer in the FirstMeeting House for assistance against the oppressive…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9MP_continental-storehouse-site_Bennington-VT.html
On this sitestood theContinental StorehouseObject ofthe British attackthat was repulsedby the Colonial Forcesat theBattle of BenningtonAugust 16, 1777
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8UK_battle-of-bennington_Bennington-VT.html
The Expedition led by Lieut. Col. Baum Sent to Seize Military Stores here, wasDefeated by Volunteer Amer-ican Militia Forces fromNew Hampshire, Massachusettsand Vermont, Commanded byGeneral John Stark, AidedBy Colonels Warner andHerrick, of Vermon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8TC_bennington-battle-monument_Bennington-VT.html
On August 16, 1777, British forces sent by Gen'l Burgoyne to seize supplies at Bennington were turned back by New Englanders under Gen'l John Stark and Vermont's Col. Seth Warner. This 306 foot commemorative shaft planned 100 years later, was dedi…