Later a distinguished Vermont attorney, in 1946 Nate Boone rode in the back of the bus to a segregrated training area for black Marine boots: Montford Point.
The Gold Mines of Plymouth, Vermont
The first account of gold being discovered in Plymouth was published in the Vermont Watchman and State Journal of 5 January 1855 and credits William Hankerson with the find.
All historic sites open Battle of Bennington Day, Wednesday August 16
After a day of non-stop rain, the American forces led by Gen. John Stark and Col. Seth Warner defeated the British and German troops desperately trying to capture much needed provisions from the colonial arsenal in Bennington.
Douglas suit against college ‘cancel culture’ proceeds
Douglas said Middlebury College got it wrong and succumbed to “cancel culture” conduct.
Coolidge buffs re-enact 2:47 AM oath of office, honor his response to Japanese earthquake
His prompt call for all Americans to provide earthquake relief to Japan was classic Coolidge – compassionate, frugal with government resources, trusting in the generosity of individual Americans and private organizations.
100 years to the minute later, Coolidge oath of office to be re-enacted August 3
Calvin Coolidge of Vermont is the only president who left government federal smaller than when he took office.
Green Mountain Contrarian: Calais man ran pro-slavery newspaper
A son of East Calais moved to Georgia, where he enthusiastically published a pro-slavery, pro-secession newspaper.
‘Vermont Is A State I Love’ speech given by Coolidge after 1927 flood
During an inspection of recovery efforts from the Flood of 1927, the normally taciturn Coolidge gushed (for him) love and appreciation for the state of his birth.
Great Flood of 1927 most destructive of 20 major floods
Of its roughly twenty major floods in the last two hundred-plus years, the flood of November 3-4, 1927, was one of the most devastating.
Ben & Jerry’s Says, “Hold My Bud Light!”
We are “One Race, the Human Race” and we all behave the same ways, for good and bad.