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Vermont National Guard Library and Museum: Colchester: Chittenden: Military: History of the Vermont National Guard, both Army and Air Force, and the military heritage of the State of Vermont and its veterans [73] Vermont Scale Museum: Weston: Windsor: Commodity: Located in the Vermont Country Store, collection of scales and measures [24 ...
The Whitingham Village Historic District encompasses much of the current village center of Whitingham, Vermont.It was developed mainly in the second half of the 19th century around industries powered by local water sources, and includes well-preserved architecture from that period.
Green Mountains looking south from Jay Peak Jay Peak, located at the northern end of the Green Mountains in Vermont Green Mountains outside of Montpelier, Vermont. The best-known mountains—for reasons such as high elevation, ease of public access by road or trail (especially the Long Trail and Appalachian Trail), or with ski resorts or towns nearby—in the range include: [4]
The original Green Mountain Boys were a militia organized in what is now southwestern Vermont in the decade prior to the American Revolutionary War.They comprised settlers and land speculators who held New Hampshire titles to lands between the Connecticut River and Lake Champlain, an area then known as the New Hampshire Grants, that is now modern Vermont.
Originally settled as part of Massachusetts, the townspeople declared Vermont a free republic in 1777. The oldest town in VT is almost 300 years old. Here's where it is.
The Robert Frost Farm, also known as the Homer Noble Farm, is a National Historic Landmark in Ripton, Vermont.It is a 150-acre (61 ha) farm property off Vermont Route 125 in the Green Mountains where American poet Robert Frost (1874-1963) lived and wrote in the summer and fall months from 1939 until his death in 1963. [3]
SHELBURNE, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont museum has acquired a more than 200-piece collection of Native American art and is planning to construct a $12.6 million facility to house the pieces that make up ...
Vermont Historical Society also operates the Vermont History Museum, which is located in Montpelier and housed in the Pavilion building next to the state capital. It has a collection of 20,000 artifacts including fine arts, crafts, household goods, clothing, agricultural tools, and industrial products from the pre-contact period to present.