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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2682_the-battle-of-valcour-island-a-war-memorial_Burlington-VT.html
The Battle of Valcour Island
11-13 October 1776
In the fall of 1776 a British Naval force left Canada and embarked onto Lake Champlain in an effort to divide and conquer the rebelling thirteen colonies. Positioned off Valcour Island was a flee…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20ER_lake-champlain-navy-memorial_Burlington-VT.html
Honoring Robert T. Stafford
Vermont Governor-Congressman-United States Senator
Captain United States Navy
First Commanding Officer- Naval Reserve Center, Burlington
Established in 1946, the Naval Reserve Center occupied this site in 1948 a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UTP_the-black-snake-affair-historical_Burlington-VT.html
In 1808, the Federal government, reacting to unfair British policies, passed an Embargo Act, forbidding trade with Great Britain. The Champlain Valley relied on trade with British Canada and the Act was unpopular and significant smuggling develope…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UCL_andrew-harris-1814-1841-historical_Burlington-VT.html
"We consider it criminal in the sight of God and man, longersilently to submit to our indignities, or suffer them to betransmitted to posterity."Andrew Harris was one of the first African Americans to earn a college degree. The antislavery journal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UCI_first-unitarian-universalist-society-meeting-house-historical_Burlington-VT.html
Designed by noted architect Peter Banner of Boston, the Federal-style Meeting House was built in 1816 for the First Congregational Society (Unitarian) and is the oldest surviving place of worship in Burlington. Banner's design features a projectin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U3B_saint-joseph-parish-historical_Burlington-VT.html
Saint-Joseph Parish Burlington, Vermont The first Catholic parish national and distinct for Americans of French descent in New England Founded April 27, 1850 by His Grace Msgr. Fitzpatrick third Bishop of Boston
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R2G_chittenden-county-trust-company_Burlington-VT.html
This Beaux Arts-style building, with its symmetrical marble facades, prominent cornices, sculptural ancient Greek and Roman details, and arched windows and doors, was designed by famed Boston architects Harper & West at the request of the Chittend…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q37_celebrating-champlain_Burlington-VT.html
In July 1609, Samuel de Champlain became the first European to set eyes on Lake Champlain. Three hundred years later, in July of 1909, communities around Lake Champlain celebrated the tercentenial of Champlain's expedition. Burlington marked the e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q1M_quadricentennial-celebration_Burlington-VT.html
During July 2009, the City of Burlington staged a 13-day International Waterfront Festival to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Samuel de Champlain's bold expedition into the lake that today bears his name. The festival included artists, diplomat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OB5_burlington-civil-war-memorial_Burlington-VT.html
Erected by Stannard Womans Relief Corps in Memory of Our Soldiers and Sailor Dead 1861-1865