All posts tagged "Battle of Bennington"
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4.0KArts and LeisureA Green Mountain Boy Stars in an 1839 Romance Novel, Heaving Bosoms and All
Green Mountain Boy Seth Warner might have been a forgotten Revolutionary War hero had he not appeared in an 1839 romance novel....
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29.6K7IrregularsNew England’s Six Wealthiest Towns (And How They Got That Way)
The wealthiest towns in each New England state all have good schools, beautiful homes and well-preserved historic districts. They are also, unsurprisingly,...
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7.0KNew England PlacesSix Gravesites of Military Heroes
Military heroes who sacrificed for their country certainly deserve to be remembered on Memorial Day weekend. Some remember them with parades and...
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8.2K3ConnecticutThe Revolutionary Holidays You May or May Not Celebrate
Revolutionary holidays didn’t start and end with Independence Day. When the Revolutionary War ended, Trumbull, Conn., celebrated with A Great Jubilee Day...
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3.9K1New England PlacesSix Places Where a Revolutionary Hero Lived
You didn’t have to show courage in battle to be a revolutionary hero. But if you were, it probably took more than...
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4.1K2Politics and MilitaryIn 1777 a Deadly Fog of War Swept Across Vermont and Claimed John Irish
On a hot summer day, July 27, 1777, John Irish, a Quaker farmer, had just finished threshing his wheat and was mowing...
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