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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P25_william-lloyd-garrison_VT.html
Fifty feet west of this spotWILLIAM LLOYD GARRISONeditedthe Journal of the TimesOctober 3, 1828 - March 27, 1829Hither cameBenjamin Lundy December 6, 1828to enlist him in the cause of the slave.Garrison departed henceto lift up in Baltimorethe ban…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P20_state-seal-pine-tree_VT.html
This ancient tree was already a monarch of the forest in 1778. Visible then from the Arlington home of Thomas Chittenden, first Governor of Vermont, it is believed to have inspired Ira Allen in designing Vermont's Great Seal. Note a similarity bet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P1V_shaftsbury_Shaftsbury-VT.html
Moving west, Howard became Senator from Michigan, & wrote resolutions adopted by Convention at Jackson, July 6, 1854, on which The Republican Party was founded. He was also the sole author of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. His birthplace …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HH2_chittenden-home_Arlington-VT.html
Oldest frame building one block east, built by Jehiel Hawley, 1764, was home of Thomas Chittenden, Vermont
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HH1_early-eighteenth-century-settlement_Pownal-VT.html
This site commemorates the gateway of Vermont
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HH0_pownal_Pownal-VT.html
Here two Presidents taught school at the beginning of their careers. Chester A. Arthur, a graduate of Union College, educated Pownal youth in 1851. Later while an undergraduate at Williams College, James A. Garfield did likewise. When Garfield was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HG2_dorothy-canfield-fisher_Shaftsbury-VT.html
Known for her depiction of rural life in Vermont, Fisher was a popular novelist and proponent of education. She introduced the Montessori teaching method to American readers and helped found the Adult Education Association in the U.S. Born in Lawr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HFF_sunderland_Sunderland-VT.html
Ira Allen lived on this site by the Batten Kill and as Treasurer and Surveyor-General his "Office" helped shape the destiny of the Republic of Vermont. Here Ethan's family lived; here he dictated his freethinking "Oracles of Reason" in 1782. To hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HFE_the-revolutionary-war_Manchester-VT.html
Ethan Allen crossed Lake Champlain to capture Fort Ticonderoga on May 10, 1775 for "America's First Victory." Allen's expedition passed through here on May 5, 1775. Nathan Beman from Manchester guided the expedition into the fort; John Roberts of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HF4_the-southern-vermont-arts-center_Manchester-VT.html
Begun in the 1920s as an informal artists' group for the exhibition of painting and sculpture, the Southern Vermont Arts Center has grown to become a leading Vermont institution devoted to performance, exhibition and studio art. It acquired the cu…