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Ethan Allen (January 21, 1738 [O.S. January 10, 1737] [a] – February 12, 1789) was an American farmer, writer, military officer and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of Vermont and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga during the American Revolutionary War, and was also the brother of Ira Allen and the father of Fanny Allen.
Ethan Allen (1738-1789) is widely revered as one of Vermont's greatest early public figures. Born in Connecticut, he speculated extensively with his brothers and other extended family members in land in Vermont, and was an instrumental figure in securing the territory's independence from New York and its eventual statehood.
Ira Allen – militia leader, and the founder of the University of Vermont (Ethan Allen's brother) [10] Remember Baker – militia member (captain) (Ethan Allen's cousin) [11] John Fassett Jr. – Vermont Supreme Court Justice, 1778–1786, diarist who chronicled the Green Mountain Boys’ 1775 expedition to Canada. [12] David Fay – Vermont ...
Ethan Allen Institute (EAI), founded in 1993, is a public policy research and education organization in Vermont focused on free-market solutions. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is named after the 18th-century Vermont military leader Ethan Allen .
Camp Ethan Allen Training Site is a Vermont National Guard installation located in Jericho, Vermont. It is the location of the Army Mountain Warfare School and the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. It was looked at as a future location for a proposed missile battery until 2013. [1] At the camp is a fifty caliber machine gun range, the only one ...
Kevin Graffagnino's "Ira Allen: A Biography" examines the complex and often disliked Vermonter, who was the first person to donate land for UVM. 'A difficult Founding Father to love': New ...
Fort Ethan Allen was a United States Army installation in Vermont, named for American Revolutionary War figure Ethan Allen. Established as a cavalry post in 1894 and closed in 1944, today it is the center of a designated national historic district straddling the town line between Colchester and Essex. Locally, it is known simply as "The Fort ...
J. Kevin Graffagnino, “Ira Allen: A Biography” – The author and former executive director of the Vermont Historical Society recently told the Burlington Free Press that the conniving brother ...