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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/HM1ZXT_dimick-tavern_VT.html
Site ofDimick TavernwhereJohn Starkand his New Hampshire Volnteerscamped before the engagement atWalloomsac Heightswhere they led in the winning ofa decisive victory of theAmerican RevolutionThe Battle of BenningtonAugust 16, 1777Erected by the St…
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/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/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/HM1GKQ_site-of-the-catamount-tavern-1767_Spicer-VT.html
The Catamount Tavern, which was built in 1767, was originally named the Green Mountain Tavern. The Council of Safety and the "Green Mountain Boys" met here from 1767 to 1775. On May 9, 1775, Ethan Allen and 270 men, 40 whom were "Gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GKP_captain-samuel-robinson_Spicer-VT.html
Near this spot in 1761
Captain Samuel Robinson
the pioneer settler of Bennington, the first magistrate in what is now Vermont, and during his lifetime, the acknowledged leader of the settlers of the town
built his first log cabin.
Captain Robinson…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GKO_before-the-battle-monument_Spicer-VT.html
was built there was no circular road on this hill top. The original road from Williamstown, Mass. came through Pownal, Vt. to Bennington, and continued straight through the village, over this hill north towards Shaftsbury.
All of the buildings wit…