“She’s one of the two best states in the Union. Vermont’s the other. And the two have been Yokefellows in the sap yoke from of old In many Marches. And they lie like wedges, Thick end to thin end and thin end to thick end, And are a figure of the way the strong Of…
There was only one battle inside the borders of Vermont during the Revolutionary War. Many people would point to Bennington as the location, but that battle actually took place in New York. The Battle of Hubbardton erupted on the morning of July 7, 1777 when the British forces (mostly Hessians) and their Native American allies…
New Hampshire Grant The land that is today Vermont was once claimed by Massachusetts, New York and New Hampshire. The Massachusetts claim originated from a fort established in the Connecticut River Valley in present-day Brattleboro. New York based their claim on original Dutch territorial claims that all the lands west of the Connecticut River to…